SB2026081298 - Use-after-free in Linux kernel xfrm

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-68426)

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 validate_xmit_xfrm() in net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c when processing GSO segment lists with asynchronous crypto handling. A local user can trigger asynchronous processing that steals a segment and leaves a stale skb->prev pointer to cause a denial of service.

The issue occurs when a stolen segment remains referenced as the list tail and is later dereferenced by validate_xmit_skb_list().

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33e1b0d25ca0d2818c635ff80e6aa0d295e08a98
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f4c3919baf0944ad96580467c302bc6c7758b00
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbca7cc3b2b4b10afbfee99b81d9ee78f5423046