Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-72222

Vulnerability identifier: #VU143368

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-72222

CWE-ID: CWE-416

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause memory corruption.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free in the sunrpc TLS handshake callback handling in svc_tcp_handshake() and svc_tcp_handshake_done() when a connection close overlaps an asynchronous TLS handshake. A remote attacker can trigger a connection close during the TLS handshake to cause memory corruption.

The issue is reachable on TLS-enabled NFS servers, and signal delivery during the interruptible wait can trigger the affected race window.

Linux kernel
openEuler
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
bpftool
kernel
kernel-extra-modules

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
python3-perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-source - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
bpftool-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
bpftool - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-extra-modules - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/083e9c2ec7e8bb13b79c9fd7b337abdd758ecc5f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d4f97d13fff91e0bc539216be88b884b544d49f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f9ee75a97a769be258784c22b89657acb5ed9bd
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f988f3a2808fb659f3880c282041ff067acad78
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3b55945dd99f29d83e1965d0141040a35262346

• Use-after-free in Linux kernel sunrpc
• openEuler 24.03 LTS SP3 update for kernel
• openEuler 24.03 LTS SP1 update for kernel