{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-53175", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-06-09T07:44:35.389Z", "datePublished": "2026-06-25T08:38:52.034Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-09-01T12:04:57.559Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:33:44.673Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ninet: frags: fix use-after-free caused by the fqdir_pre_exit() flush\n\nOn netns teardown, fqdir_pre_exit() walks the fqdir rhashtable and\nflushes every fragment queue that is not yet complete using\ninet_frag_queue_flush(). That helper frees all the skbs queued on the\nfragment queue but does not set INET_FRAG_COMPLETE, and leaves\nq->fragments_tail and q->last_run_head pointing at the freed skbs.\nThe queue itself stays in the rhashtable.\n\nfqdir_pre_exit() first lowers high_thresh to 0 to stop new queue lookups,\nbut it cannot stop a fragment that already obtained the queue through\ninet_frag_find() earlier and stalled just before taking the queue lock.\nOnce that fragment resumes after the flush and takes the queue lock,\nit passes the INET_FRAG_COMPLETE check and then dereferences the freed\nfragments_tail. inet_frag_queue_insert() reads FRAG_CB() and ->len of\nthat pointer and, on the append path, writes ->next_frag, causing a\nslab use-after-free. IPv6, nf_conntrack_reasm6 and 6lowpan reassembly\nshare the same flush path and are affected as well.\n\nReset rb_fragments, fragments_tail and last_run_head in\ninet_frag_queue_flush() so a flushed queue no longer points at the\nfreed skbs. A fragment that resumes after the flush and takes the\nqueue lock then finds an empty queue and starts a new run instead of\ndereferencing the freed fragments_tail. ip_frag_reinit() already\nperformed this reset after its own flush, so drop the now duplicate\ncode there." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 9.8, "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:N - IPv4 and IPv6 fragment reassembly is reached by received network packets before transport-layer delivery, and the affected generic inet fragment code is shared by network-facing reassembly paths. A remote peer can supply the crafted fragmented traffic that reaches `inet_frag_queue_insert()`.\nAC:L - The vulnerable window is a race between a fragment that already found the queue and netns teardown flushing that queue. The race can be retried and, in attacker-controlled namespace/container scenarios, both fragmented traffic and namespace teardown/churn are attacker-controlled.\nPR:N - No authentication or capability check gates normal IPv4/IPv6 fragment receive and reassembly before the vulnerable queue insertion path. The packet-processing side is reachable pre-authentication by crafted fragmented traffic.\nUI:N - Exploitation does not require a victim user to open a file, mount anything, or perform another interactive action. Packet delivery and namespace teardown are kernel/system events.\nS:U - The corruption occurs inside the kernel network stack and impacts the same kernel security authority. This is not a guest-to-host, IOMMU, or other explicit security-scope crossing.\nC:H - The bug is a slab use-after-free involving freed `sk_buff` objects and stale queue pointers. Such memory corruption can be shaped into kernel memory disclosure primitives.\nI:H - The append path can write through the stale freed `fragments_tail` object via `next_frag`, producing kernel heap memory corruption. A UAF write primitive is sufficient to support control-flow hijack or arbitrary kernel data modification.\nA:H - Even without full exploitation, dereferencing and writing through freed skb memory can crash or oops the kernel. The fragment path can be triggered repeatedly with crafted traffic." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c", "net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "22ee4010866da81aeee08e1ea3fddbe418feb212", "lessThan": "0e823ca0e7391630784ae7dd0981b7ad170a93d9", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "543555954b1ee8d1903a7020324efb41b0c97428", "lessThan": "c22599cc90e1cd5f8129c8670bd68a02ff7177b4", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "c70df25214ac9b32b53e18e6ae3b8f073ffa6903", "lessThan": "89b909e9704587bfecc1aab1d37e98faee03b9f9", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "006a5035b495dec008805df249f92c22c89c3d2e", "lessThan": "010c3313a4d178dc2d3ce958d2e5cb055e2864c1", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": 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