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GHSA-4GVV-JQVC-49J6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-08 15:31 – Updated: 2026-05-11 09:30

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: nexthop: fix percpu use-after-free in remove_nh_grp_entry

When removing a nexthop from a group, remove_nh_grp_entry() publishes the new group via rcu_assign_pointer() then immediately frees the removed entry's percpu stats with free_percpu(). However, the synchronize_net() grace period in the caller remove_nexthop_from_groups() runs after the free. RCU readers that entered before the publish still see the old group and can dereference the freed stats via nh_grp_entry_stats_inc() -> get_cpu_ptr(nhge->stats), causing a use-after-free on percpu memory.

Fix by deferring the free_percpu() until after synchronize_net() in the caller. Removed entries are chained via nh_list onto a local deferred free list. After the grace period completes and all RCU readers have finished, the percpu stats are safely freed.

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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CVE-2026-43374 (GCVE-0-2026-43374)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-08 14:21 – Updated: 2026-05-11 22:23

Title

net: nexthop: fix percpu use-after-free in remove_nh_grp_entry

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: nexthop: fix percpu use-after-free in remove_nh_grp_entry When removing a nexthop from a group, remove_nh_grp_entry() publishes the new group via rcu_assign_pointer() then immediately frees the removed entry's percpu stats with free_percpu(). However, the synchronize_net() grace period in the caller remove_nexthop_from_groups() runs after the free. RCU readers that entered before the publish still see the old group and can dereference the freed stats via nh_grp_entry_stats_inc() -> get_cpu_ptr(nhge->stats), causing a use-after-free on percpu memory. Fix by deferring the free_percpu() until after synchronize_net() in the caller. Removed entries are chained via nh_list onto a local deferred free list. After the grace period completes and all RCU readers have finished, the percpu stats are safely freed.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abf4feaee6405f144…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab5ebab9664214ba4…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e08ad731862b22a8…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2662e7593e94ae09…

Impacted products

2 products

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Linux	Linux	Affected: f4676ea74b8549cd88dbfe2a592ce4530039e61f , < abf4feaee6405f1441929c6ebe7a250f2cd170a7 (git) Affected: f4676ea74b8549cd88dbfe2a592ce4530039e61f , < ab5ebab9664214ba41a7633cb4e72f128204f924 (git) Affected: f4676ea74b8549cd88dbfe2a592ce4530039e61f , < 9e08ad731862b22a87cc55f752e16d66cdc9e231 (git) Affected: f4676ea74b8549cd88dbfe2a592ce4530039e61f , < b2662e7593e94ae09b1cf7ee5f09160a3612bcb2 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.9 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.9 (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.78 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.19 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.19.9 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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GHSA-4GVV-JQVC-49J6

CVE-2026-43374 (GCVE-0-2026-43374)

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