Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53157
Published: June 26, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU135621
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-53157
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 user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free in phonet_device_destroy() when walking the per-net phonet device list with RCU readers after device removal. A local user can trigger destruction of a phonet_device while concurrent readers still hold a stale pointer to cause a denial of service.
The issue arises because the object is removed with RCU list semantics but may be freed before the RCU grace period has elapsed.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-53157
Install security update from vendor's repository.