{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-23273", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-01-13T15:37:45.991Z", "datePublished": "2026-03-20T08:08:54.111Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:21:03.884Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:21:03.884Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmacvlan: observe an RCU grace period in macvlan_common_newlink() error path\n\nvalis reported that a race condition still happens after my prior patch.\n\nmacvlan_common_newlink() might have made @dev visible before\ndetecting an error, and its caller will directly call free_netdev(dev).\n\nWe must respect an RCU period, either in macvlan or the core networking\nstack.\n\nAfter adding a temporary mdelay(1000) in macvlan_forward_source_one()\nto open the race window, valis repro was:\n\nip link add p1 type veth peer p2\nip link set address 00:00:00:00:00:20 dev p1\nip link set up dev p1\nip link set up dev p2\nip link add mv0 link p2 type macvlan mode source\n\n(ip link add invalid% link p2 type macvlan mode source macaddr add\n00:00:00:00:00:20 &) ; sleep 0.5 ; ping -c1 -I p1 1.2.3.4\nPING 1.2.3.4 (1.2.3.4): 56 data bytes\nRTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument\n\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in macvlan_forward_source\n(drivers/net/macvlan.c:408 drivers/net/macvlan.c:444)\nRead of size 8 at addr ffff888016bb89c0 by task e/175\n\nCPU: 1 UID: 1000 PID: 175 Comm: e Not tainted 6.19.0-rc8+ #33 NONE\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-2 04/01/2014\nCall Trace:\n\ndump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:123)\nprint_report (mm/kasan/report.c:379 mm/kasan/report.c:482)\n? macvlan_forward_source (drivers/net/macvlan.c:408 drivers/net/macvlan.c:444)\nkasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:597)\n? macvlan_forward_source (drivers/net/macvlan.c:408 drivers/net/macvlan.c:444)\nmacvlan_forward_source (drivers/net/macvlan.c:408 drivers/net/macvlan.c:444)\n? tasklet_init (kernel/softirq.c:983)\nmacvlan_handle_frame (drivers/net/macvlan.c:501)\n\nAllocated by task 169:\nkasan_save_stack (mm/kasan/common.c:58)\nkasan_save_track (./arch/x86/include/asm/current.h:25\nmm/kasan/common.c:70 mm/kasan/common.c:79)\n__kasan_kmalloc (mm/kasan/common.c:419)\n__kvmalloc_node_noprof (./include/linux/kasan.h:263 mm/slub.c:5657\nmm/slub.c:7140)\nalloc_netdev_mqs (net/core/dev.c:12012)\nrtnl_create_link (net/core/rtnetlink.c:3648)\nrtnl_newlink (net/core/rtnetlink.c:3830 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3957\nnet/core/rtnetlink.c:4072)\nrtnetlink_rcv_msg (net/core/rtnetlink.c:6958)\nnetlink_rcv_skb (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550)\nnetlink_unicast (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344)\nnetlink_sendmsg (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1894)\n__sys_sendto (net/socket.c:727 net/socket.c:742 net/socket.c:2206)\n__x64_sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2209)\ndo_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94)\nentry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:131)\n\nFreed by task 169:\nkasan_save_stack (mm/kasan/common.c:58)\nkasan_save_track (./arch/x86/include/asm/current.h:25\nmm/kasan/common.c:70 mm/kasan/common.c:79)\nkasan_save_free_info (mm/kasan/generic.c:587)\n__kasan_slab_free (mm/kasan/common.c:287)\nkfree (mm/slub.c:6674 mm/slub.c:6882)\nrtnl_newlink (net/core/rtnetlink.c:3845 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3957\nnet/core/rtnetlink.c:4072)\nrtnetlink_rcv_msg (net/core/rtnetlink.c:6958)\nnetlink_rcv_skb (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2550)\nnetlink_unicast (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1319 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344)\nnetlink_sendmsg (net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1894)\n__sys_sendto (net/socket.c:727 net/socket.c:742 net/socket.c:2206)\n__x64_sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2209)\ndo_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94)\nentry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:131)" } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The vulnerability is triggered via netlink RTM_NEWLINK message to create a macvlan device, requiring local system access through the netlink socket interface.\nAC:L - The attacker controls both sides of the race — one thread creates the macvlan with an invalid name to trigger the error path, while another sends packets to trigger the UAF read. The reproducer demonstrates reliable exploitation.\nPR:L - Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN which is obtainable by an unprivileged user through user namespaces (unshare -Urn), making this reachable without real root privileges.\nUI:N - No user interaction is needed; the attacker triggers both the macvlan creation and the packet sending themselves.\nS:U - Standard kernel use-after-free vulnerability; impact stays within the same security authority (kernel context).\nC:H - Use-after-free on a macvlan_dev/net_device structure allows reading freed and potentially reallocated memory, providing arbitrary kernel memory disclosure through controlled heap spraying.\nI:H - Use-after-free enables heap spraying to control the freed object contents, providing arbitrary write primitives and potential control flow hijacking for code execution.\nA:H - The use-after-free causes kernel crashes (KASAN slab-use-after-free as shown in the commit message), resulting in denial of service." } ] } ], "affected": [ { 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