Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53175

Vulnerability identifier: #VU135619

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-53175

CWE-ID: CWE-416

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free in inet_frag_queue_flush() and fragment reassembly handling when processing fragmented network packets during network namespace teardown. A remote attacker can send fragmented packets and trigger reuse of a flushed fragment queue to cause a denial of service.

IPv6, nf_conntrack_reasm6, and 6lowpan reassembly share the same affected flush path.

Linux kernel
openEuler
Ubuntu
bpftool
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-source
kernel-headers
kernel-devel
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-7.0 (Ubuntu package)

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
bpftool - update to 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
python3-perf-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
python3-perf - update to 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
perf-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
perf - update to 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
kernel-tools-devel - update to 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
kernel-tools-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
kernel-tools - update to 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
kernel-source - update to 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
kernel-headers - update to 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
kernel-devel - update to 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
kernel-debugsource - update to 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
kernel-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
kernel - update to 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-29.29, 7.0.0-29.29.1, 7.0.0-1009.9, 7.0.0-1010.10, 7.0.0-1011.11, 7.0.0-1016.16
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-29.29~24.04.2
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1010.10
linux-aws-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1010.10~24.04.1

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/010c3313a4d178dc2d3ce958d2e5cb055e2864c1
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e823ca0e7391630784ae7dd0981b7ad170a93d9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32594b09854970d7ba83eb2dc8c69a2edd158c8e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89b909e9704587bfecc1aab1d37e98faee03b9f9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c22599cc90e1cd5f8129c8670bd68a02ff7177b4

• Use-after-free in Linux kernel ipv4
• openEuler 24.03 LTS SP1 update for kernel
• Ubuntu update for linux
• Ubuntu update for linux-oem-7.0
• Ubuntu update for linux-aws-7.0
• Ubuntu update for linux-hwe-7.0