Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-31399
Published: April 6, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU124885
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-31399
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free in nd_async_device_register() when handling asynchronous device initialization after device_add() failure. A local user can trigger the vulnerable code path to cause a denial of service.
The issue occurs because the parent pointer may be accessed after the device reference count drops to zero. No user interaction is required.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-31399
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c638259ad750833fd46a0cf57672a618542d84c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84af19855d1abdee3c9d57c0684e2868e391793c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a0fb16ba5b372465a3a1ecd761c6fa911a4ab4d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a226e5b49e5fe8c98b14f8507de670189d191348
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8aec14230322ed8f1e8042b6d656c1631d41163
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e48bf8f1d2b12c1c5ba1f609edbd4cde5dadc20e