CVE-2026-31471 (GCVE-0-2026-31471)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-22 13:53 – Updated: 2026-04-27 14:03
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Title
xfrm: iptfs: only publish mode_data after clone setup
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: iptfs: only publish mode_data after clone setup iptfs_clone_state() stores x->mode_data before allocating the reorder window. If that allocation fails, the code frees the cloned state and returns -ENOMEM, leaving x->mode_data pointing at freed memory. The xfrm clone unwind later runs destroy_state() through x->mode_data, so the failed clone path tears down IPTFS state that clone_state() already freed. Keep the cloned IPTFS state private until all allocations succeed so failed clones leave x->mode_data unset. The destroy path already handles a NULL mode_data pointer.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Linux Linux Affected: 6be02e3e4f376fea468846c8562655ca5ee18204 , < 371a43c4ac70cac0de9f9b1fc5b1660b9565b9f1 (git)
Affected: 6be02e3e4f376fea468846c8562655ca5ee18204 , < 5784a1e2889c9525a8f036cb586930e232170bf7 (git)
Affected: 6be02e3e4f376fea468846c8562655ca5ee18204 , < d849a2f7309fc0616e79d13b008b0a47e0458b6e (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 6.14
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.14 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.21 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.11 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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