Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-63994
Published: July 20, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU138658
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-2026-63994
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 a use-after-free in iptunnel_pmtud_build_icmp() and iptunnel_pmtud_build_icmpv6() when processing tunnel PMTU ICMP and ICMPv6 packet generation. A local user can trigger skb_cow() reallocation while stale network header pointers are still used to cause a denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-63994
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50750d86a2e5266aba0c295483b3397843198b11
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dff77899b9e9fe5d854abda3a98ad04e7229ef7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7254aef4d1a7e18e887af9010e2f2dc34806789b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76cd9398a0470257ab765bdf5f358a2af2e17934
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95b6d772bfe788331d9742d73eaa12e113b2adc4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4bc94353050b1fa7b702bd4c6600710dd926cff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf8b3f34c37c162357138e7c0942723b8b94fed1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3f204541f280a6ecb04503a0d6794d93990ca43