Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53055

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Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53055

Published: June 25, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU135288
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-2026-53055
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 hisilicon sec2 crypto driver when processing packet transmission completions under heavy load. A local user can trigger concurrent packet transmission activity to cause a denial of service.

The issue occurs when hardware completes packet processing and the request memory is freed before the transmission function finishes using it.


Affected software

Linux kernel
openEuler
Ubuntu
kernel-source
bpftool-debuginfo
bpftool
kernel
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-devel
kernel-extra-modules
kernel-headers
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf
perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
python3-perf-debuginfo
linux-nvidia-6.17 (Ubuntu package)
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-53055

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
kernel-source - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
bpftool - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-debugsource - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-devel - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-extra-modules - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-headers - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-tools - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-tools-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-tools-devel - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
perf - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
perf-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
python3-perf - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
python3-perf-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
linux-nvidia-6.17 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.17.0-1032.32
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-28.28, 7.0.0-28.28.1, 7.0.0-1003.4, 7.0.0-1008.8
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1008.8, 7.0.0-1010.10
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1009.9
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1009.9, 7.0.0-1010.10
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1009.9, 7.0.0-1015.15
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-oracle-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1016.16, 7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-2016.16

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