SB20260812152 - Use-after-free in Linux kernel sched
Published: August 12, 2026
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-68377)
CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free
CVSSv4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free in tunnel_key_release_params() in net/sched/act_tunnel_key.c when handling concurrent tunnel key action processing on the datapath. A local user can trigger a race condition to cause a denial of service.
The issue arises because a reader may still access the old params structure under RCU while the associated metadata_dst is released synchronously.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2200a00ff247f70f5dcdb4e6f14b0d48ddac5467
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2791a501da508b704a617b4dba29db54a65bc9f7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/531dbb5bb98e52ad26be7e90f9f8bec707c5bd0e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1f5c8a3955f8fda3f84ed883ac8daa1847e724c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fed1b1ddab41a0e7a462ac690a0c8af6ff793624