Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53275

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Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53275

Published: June 26, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU135480
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-53275
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free in __mld_query_work in net/ipv6/mcast.c when processing crafted MLD queries. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted MLD query packet to cause a denial of service.

The issue occurs because a pointer to the multicast group address is dereferenced after skb header reallocation following pskb_may_pull() calls.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV
openEuler
Ubuntu
kernel-rt (Red Hat package)
perf-debuginfo
kernel
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
perf
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-source
kernel-headers
kernel-devel
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
bpftool
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-53275

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
kernel-rt (Red Hat package) - update to 4.18.0-553.164.1.rt7.505.el8_10
perf-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-323.0.0.224
kernel - update to 5.10.0-323.0.0.224
python3-perf-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-323.0.0.224
python3-perf - update to 5.10.0-323.0.0.224
perf - update to 5.10.0-323.0.0.224
kernel-tools-devel - update to 5.10.0-323.0.0.224
kernel-tools-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-323.0.0.224
kernel-tools - update to 5.10.0-323.0.0.224
kernel-source - update to 5.10.0-323.0.0.224
kernel-headers - update to 5.10.0-323.0.0.224
kernel-devel - update to 5.10.0-323.0.0.224
kernel-debugsource - update to 5.10.0-323.0.0.224
kernel-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-323.0.0.224
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-323.0.0.224
bpftool - update to 5.10.0-323.0.0.224
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1035.38
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-31.31, 7.0.0-31.31.1, 7.0.0-31.31~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1006.7, 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1012.12, 7.0.0-1012.12~24.04.1
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1011.11, 7.0.0-1014.14
linux-oracle-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1013.13
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1013.13
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1018.18
linux-nvidia-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1018.18~24.04.1
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1019.19
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-2018.18

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