{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-64543", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-07-19T15:36:31.795Z", "datePublished": "2026-07-27T20:10:35.565Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-19T16:28:28.342Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-19T16:28:28.342Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntipc: fix use-after-free of the discoverer in tipc_disc_rcv()\n\nbearer_disable() frees b->disc with tipc_disc_delete()'s plain kfree(),\nbut tipc_disc_rcv() still dereferences b->disc in RX softirq under\nrcu_read_lock() (tipc_udp_recv -> tipc_rcv -> tipc_disc_rcv).\n\nL2 bearers are safe thanks to the synchronize_net() in\ntipc_disable_l2_media(), but the UDP bearer defers that call to the\ncleanup_bearer() workqueue, so the discoverer is freed with no grace\nperiod:\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tipc_disc_rcv (net/tipc/discover.c:149)\n Read of size 8 at addr ffff88802348b728 by task poc_tipc/184\n \n tipc_disc_rcv (net/tipc/discover.c:149)\n tipc_rcv (net/tipc/node.c:2126)\n tipc_udp_recv (net/tipc/udp_media.c:391)\n udp_rcv (net/ipv4/udp.c:2643)\n ip_local_deliver_finish (net/ipv4/ip_input.c:241)\n \n Freed by task 181:\n kfree (mm/slub.c:6565)\n bearer_disable (net/tipc/bearer.c:418)\n tipc_nl_bearer_disable (net/tipc/bearer.c:1001)\n\nThe bearer is freed with kfree_rcu(); free the discoverer the same way.\nAdd an rcu_head to struct tipc_discoverer and free it and its skb from an\nRCU callback.\n\nBecause the RCU callback (tipc_disc_free_rcu) lives in module text, a\ncall_rcu() that is still pending when the tipc module is unloaded would\ninvoke a freed function. Add an rcu_barrier() to tipc_exit() after the\nbearer subsystem has been torn down, so all pending discoverer callbacks\nhave run before the module text goes away.\n\nReachable from an unprivileged user namespace: the TIPCv2 genl family is\nnetnsok and its bearer commands have no GENL_ADMIN_PERM. Needs CONFIG_TIPC\nand CONFIG_TIPC_MEDIA_UDP." } ], "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 free side is only reachable through the local TIPCv2 generic-netlink `BEARER_DISABLE` command (or netns teardown); a remote peer can supply the discovery packet that performs the use-after-free access but cannot itself cause `bearer_disable()` to run, so the complete attack requires local access.\nAC:L - The attacker controls both sides of the race — one thread floods TIPC discovery packets at the bearer's UDP port while another disables the bearer — and `bearer_disable()` clears `b->up` and then `kfree()`s the discoverer with no synchronization whatsoever, leaving a wide window that a multi-CPU packet flood hits reliably (a working PoC exists).\nPR:L - `tipc_genl_family` is `.netnsok = true` and the bearer enable/disable ops carry no `GENL_ADMIN_PERM` or other capability check, so an unprivileged user can do everything inside `unshare -Urn` after autoloading tipc via `socket(AF_TIPC, ...)`.\nUI:N - The attacking process performs both the bearer disable and the packet injection itself; no victim action or cooperating user is involved.\nS:U - The corruption stays within the kernel's own security authority — no VM, IOMMU, or hypervisor boundary is crossed.\nC:H - `d->net` is read from the freed slab object and dereferenced as a `struct net *`; after reclaiming the kmalloc-192 allocation with sprayed data the attacker gains a controlled-pointer dereference chain usable for arbitrary kernel memory disclosure.\nI:H - `msg_set_prevnode(buf_msg(d->skb), sugg_addr)` writes a wire-controlled 32-bit value through the dangling `d->skb` pointer, and `tipc_disc_add_dest()` takes a spinlock and increments a counter in freed memory — together a controlled-address/controlled-value write suitable for control-flow hijacking.\nA:H - The use-after-free reliably produces a KASAN slab-use-after-free in softirq context and, on production kernels, a corrupted-pointer dereference or spinlock manipulation on reclaimed memory leading to kernel panic." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "net/tipc/core.c", "net/tipc/discover.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "25b0b9c4e835ffaa65b61c3efe2e28acf84d0259", "lessThan": "380413cdfd29fb9fa486c82889132b680c4983c5", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "25b0b9c4e835ffaa65b61c3efe2e28acf84d0259", "lessThan": "f05b3f4c78370469286879c765f5a1dd39dbcd32", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "25b0b9c4e835ffaa65b61c3efe2e28acf84d0259", "lessThan": "4da2ac7749411971e1b222b992da5a172ce45f98", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "25b0b9c4e835ffaa65b61c3efe2e28acf84d0259", 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