Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-31469

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU127676

Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-31469

Published: April 24, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU127676
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-31469
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free in the virtio_net driver transmit path when transmitting packets after the network namespace is destroyed while previously queued skbs are still pending. A local user can trigger packet transmission and network namespace teardown to cause a denial of service.

The issue occurs when the virtio_net driver is configured with napi_tx disabled and the device's IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE flag is cleared.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Micro
SUSE Linux Micro Extras
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
SUSE Real Time Module
Basesystem Module
Development Tools Module
Legacy Module
Public Cloud Module
Ubuntu
openEuler
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_62-rt
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_17-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_62-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_63-default
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_63-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_17-debugsource
kernel-default
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-source
kernel-devel
kernel-macros
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-syms
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-obs-build
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-64kb
kernel-default-devel
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default-base
kernel-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-devel-rt
dlm-kmp-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel
kernel-syms-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-debugsource
cluster-md-kmp-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump
reiserfs-kmp-default
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure
kernel-docs
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
cluster-md-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
perf
kernel
bpftool
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-headers
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
python3-perf-debuginfo
kernel-extra-modules
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iot-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux (Debian package)
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-31469

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_62-rt - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_17-debugsource - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_62-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_63-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_63-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_17-debugsource - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-default - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-kvmsmall - update to 6.4.0-48.1
kernel-source - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-macros - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-default-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-64kb-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-syms - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-obs-build - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-64kb - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-default-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-48.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-48.1
kernel-default-livepatch - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-default-base - addressed in versions 6.4.0-48.1.21.25, 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1.150700.17.37.1
kernel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-azure-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
dlm-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1
perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.14.152, 6.6.0-145.3.14.145
kernel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.14.152, 6.6.0-145.3.14.145
bpftool - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.14.152, 6.6.0-145.3.14.145
bpftool-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.14.152, 6.6.0-145.3.14.145
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.14.152, 6.6.0-145.3.14.145
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.14.152, 6.6.0-145.3.14.145
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.14.152, 6.6.0-145.3.14.145
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.14.152, 6.6.0-145.3.14.145
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.14.152, 6.6.0-145.3.14.145
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.14.152, 6.6.0-145.3.14.145
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.14.152, 6.6.0-145.3.14.145
kernel-source - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.14.152, 6.6.0-145.3.14.145
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.14.152, 6.6.0-145.3.14.145
python3-perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.14.152, 6.6.0-145.3.14.145
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.14.152, 6.6.0-145.3.14.145
kernel-extra-modules - update to 6.6.0-145.3.14.145
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-184.194~20.04.1, 5.15.0-184.194, 5.15.0-186.196~20.04.1, 5.15.0-186.196, 5.15.0-1075.79, 5.15.0-1095.103, 5.15.0-1104.109, 5.15.0-1108.114, 5.15.0-1111.120+fips1, 5.15.0-1112.122, 5.15.0-1112.122+fips1, 5.15.0.184.155, 5.15.0.186.166, 5.15.0.1075.78, 5.15.0.1095.94, 5.15.0.1104.100, 5.15.0.1108.107, 5.15.0.1111.115, 5.15.0.1112.102, 5.15.0.1112.109, 6.8.0-136.136, 6.8.0-1046.50, 6.8.0-1059.67, 6.8.0-1064.72~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1064.72, 6.8.1-1056.57~22.04.2, 6.8.1-1056.57
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-186.196+fips1, 5.15.0-1106.110, 5.15.0-1107.108, 5.15.0-1112.119~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1112.119, 5.15.0-1112.119+fips1, 5.15.0.186.109, 5.15.0.1106.103, 5.15.0.1107.107, 5.15.0.1112.108, 5.15.0.1112.115, 6.8.0-1061.64+1
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1053.53, 5.15.0-1064.66, 5.15.0.1053.55, 5.15.0.1064.64
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1064.66~20.04.1
linux-intel-iot-realtime (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1104.106, 5.15.0-1107.113~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1104.108
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1106.109, 5.15.0.1106.104, 6.8.0-1061.65, 6.8.0-2050.52
linux-ibm-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1106.110~20.04.1
linux-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1107.113, 5.15.0.1107.106
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1109.115~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1117.126~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1117.126~20.04.2
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1109.115, 5.15.0-1117.126, 5.15.0.1109.105, 5.15.0.1117.115, 6.8.0-1063.71~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1063.71
linux-gcp-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1112.122~20.04.1
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1117.126, 6.8.0-1062.69
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1117.126+fips1, 5.15.0.1117.102, 6.8.0-1063.71+fips2
linux (Debian package) - addressed in versions 6.1.170-1, 6.12.85-1
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-136.136~22.04.1
linux-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-136.136+fips2, 6.8.0-136.136.2~22.04.1, 6.8.0-136.136.2, 6.8.0-1058.61
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1030.31, 6.8.0-1033.34, 6.8.0-1061.62~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1061.62
linux-oracle-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1058.61~22.04.1
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1059.62~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1059.62, 6.8.0-1059.62.1
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1061.64~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1061.64+fips1
linux-azure-fde-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1064.72+fips1

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