Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53270
Published: June 26, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU135474
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-53270
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 privileged user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free in the IPVS scheduler handling in ip_vs_edit_service() when editing a service and unbinding the old scheduler. A local privileged user can trigger service reconfiguration while packets are being scheduled to cause a denial of service.
The issue occurs because packets may continue using the old scheduler after its scheduling data has been freed following an RCU grace period.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-53270
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14e4689c113b4c06af1069364ade24fdd7055f33
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/193989cc6d80dd8e0460fb3992e69fa03bf0ff9b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19a9493faa4bf3c7bd0a386f30b60b1bb4a3da03
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25918720ba97f974a4f8d433b5a0132c5b43f6f3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d4f5004511757e3984901ffb412fcf858d80ed5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6376b9b1b4d2bad638256b1b3588e073344ae69
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d10730a1f2caf08088e0db1b19b242f3e6fa5f06
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4feec3174036ba772006be74beee0efa09a9eb8