FKIE_CVE-2026-52974
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-06-24 17:17 - Updated: 2026-06-28 08:16
Severity
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: tls: fix strparser anchor skb leak on offload RX setup failure
When tls_set_device_offload_rx() fails at tls_dev_add(), the error path
calls tls_sw_free_resources_rx() to clean up the SW context that was
initialized by tls_set_sw_offload(). This function calls
tls_sw_release_resources_rx() (which stops the strparser via
tls_strp_stop()) and tls_sw_free_ctx_rx() (which kfrees the context),
but never frees the anchor skb that was allocated by alloc_skb(0) in
tls_strp_init().
Note that tls_sw_free_resources_rx() is exclusively used for this
"failed to start offload" code path, there's no other caller.
The leak did not exist before commit 84c61fe1a75b ("tls: rx: do not use
the standard strparser"), because the standard strparser doesn't try
to pre-allocate an skb.
The normal close path in tls_sk_proto_close() handles cleanup by calling
tls_sw_strparser_done() (which calls tls_strp_done()) after dropping
the socket lock, because tls_strp_done() does cancel_work_sync() and
the strparser work handler takes the socket lock.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|
{
"affected": [
{
"affectedData": [
{
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"net/tls/tls.h",
"net/tls/tls_strp.c",
"net/tls/tls_sw.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
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"versionType": "git"
},
{
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},
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},
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}
]
},
{
"defaultStatus": "affected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"net/tls/tls.h",
"net/tls/tls_strp.c",
"net/tls/tls_sw.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "6.0"
},
{
"lessThan": "6.0",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "0",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.1.175",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.6.141",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.12.91",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.18.33",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "7.0.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.0.10",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.1",
"versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
}
]
}
],
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
}
],
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: tls: fix strparser anchor skb leak on offload RX setup failure\n\nWhen tls_set_device_offload_rx() fails at tls_dev_add(), the error path\ncalls tls_sw_free_resources_rx() to clean up the SW context that was\ninitialized by tls_set_sw_offload(). This function calls\ntls_sw_release_resources_rx() (which stops the strparser via\ntls_strp_stop()) and tls_sw_free_ctx_rx() (which kfrees the context),\nbut never frees the anchor skb that was allocated by alloc_skb(0) in\ntls_strp_init().\n\nNote that tls_sw_free_resources_rx() is exclusively used for this\n\"failed to start offload\" code path, there\u0027s no other caller.\n\nThe leak did not exist before commit 84c61fe1a75b (\"tls: rx: do not use\nthe standard strparser\"), because the standard strparser doesn\u0027t try\nto pre-allocate an skb.\n\nThe normal close path in tls_sk_proto_close() handles cleanup by calling\ntls_sw_strparser_done() (which calls tls_strp_done()) after dropping\nthe socket lock, because tls_strp_done() does cancel_work_sync() and\nthe strparser work handler takes the socket lock."
}
],
"id": "CVE-2026-52974",
"lastModified": "2026-06-28T08:16:27.177",
"metrics": {
"cvssMetricV31": [
{
"cvssData": {
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
"baseScore": 7.5,
"baseSeverity": "HIGH",
"confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
"integrityImpact": "NONE",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"version": "3.1"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 3.9,
"impactScore": 3.6,
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"type": "Secondary"
}
]
},
"published": "2026-06-24T17:17:07.933",
"references": [
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c9f399b37ce22a5ed94cc51f03ed07ac7f38e32"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c405dfa9619e506e75b8e41f8b29a5b99731877"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
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},
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},
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},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd07fe6c38b9e44ff3fc02692a53f095c5cc9afc"
}
],
"sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"vulnStatus": "Received"
}
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