Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-72299

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Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-72299

Published: August 16, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU143142
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-72299
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free in TIPC enqueue tracepoint queue dumping in tipc_sk_enqueue() when dumping socket queues during message enqueue processing. A local user can trigger crafted TIPC socket activity to cause a denial of service.

The issue is reachable while the socket is owned by user context, because the held spinlock protects the backlog queue but does not serialize access to sk_receive_queue.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-72299

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-34.34, 7.0.0-34.34.1, 7.0.0-34.34~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1012.12~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1013.13, 7.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1014.14, 7.0.0-1020.20
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1013.13, 7.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1014.14

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