High 7.0Published May 1, 2024

CVE-2024-26961mac802154: fix llsec key resources release in mac802154_llsec_key_del

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 08:30 UTC)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mac802154: fix llsec key resources release in mac802154_llsec_key_del mac802154_llsec_key_del() can free resources of a key directly without following the RCU rules for waiting before the end of a grace period. This may lead to use-after-free in case llsec_lookup_key() is traversing the list of keys in parallel with a key deletion: refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free. WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 16000 at lib/refcount.c:25 refcount_warn_saturate+0x162/0x2a0 Modules linked in: CPU: 4 PID: 16000 Comm: wpan-ping Not tainted 6.7.0 #19 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.2-debian-1.16.2-1 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0x162/0x2a0 Call Trace: <TASK> llsec_lookup_key.isra.0+0x890/0x9e0 mac802154_llsec_encrypt+0x30c/0x9c0 ieee802154_subif_start_xmit+0x24/0x1e0 dev_hard_start_xmit+0x13e/0x690 sch_direct_xmit+0x2ae/0xbc0 __dev_queue_xmit+0x11dd/0x3c20 dgram_sendmsg+0x90b/0xd60 __sys_sendto+0x466/0x4c0 __x64_sys_sendto+0xe0/0x1c0 do_syscall_64+0x45/0xf0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76 Also, ieee802154_llsec_key_entry structures are not freed by mac802154_llsec_key_del(): unreferenced object 0xffff8880613b6980 (size 64): comm "iwpan", pid 2176, jiffies 4294761134 (age 60.475s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 78 0d 8f 18 80 88 ff ff 22 01 00 00 00 00 ad de x......."....... 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 cd ab 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<ffffffff81dcfa62>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1e2/0x2d0 [<ffffffff81c43865>] kmalloc_trace+0x25/0xc0 [<ffffffff88968b09>] mac802154_llsec_key_add+0xac9/0xcf0 [<ffffffff8896e41a>] ieee802154_add_llsec_key+0x5a/0x80 [<ffffffff8892adc6>] nl802154_add_llsec_key+0x426/0x5b0 [<ffffffff86ff293e>] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x1fe/0x2f0 [<ffffffff86ff46d1>] genl_rcv_msg+0x531/0x7d0 [<ffffffff86fee7a9>] netlink_rcv_skb+0x169/0x440 [<ffffffff86ff1d88>] genl_rcv+0x28/0x40 [<ffffffff86fec15c>] netlink_unicast+0x53c/0x820 [<ffffffff86fecd8b>] netlink_sendmsg+0x93b/0xe60 [<ffffffff86b91b35>] ____sys_sendmsg+0xac5/0xca0 [<ffffffff86b9c3dd>] ___sys_sendmsg+0x11d/0x1c0 [<ffffffff86b9c65a>] __sys_sendmsg+0xfa/0x1d0 [<ffffffff88eadbf5>] do_syscall_64+0x45/0xf0 [<ffffffff890000ea>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76 Handle the proper resource release in the RCU callback function mac802154_llsec_key_del_rcu(). Note that if llsec_lookup_key() finds a key, it gets a refcount via llsec_key_get() and locally copies key id from key_entry (which is a list element). So it's safe to call llsec_key_put() and free the list entry after the RCU grace period elapses. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org).

CVSS: 7.0 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Oct 15, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 15, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 5d637d5aabd85132bd85779677d8acb708e0ed90 before 068ab2759bc0b4daf0b964de61b2731449c86531; from 5d637d5aabd85132bd85779677d8acb708e0ed90 before d3d858650933d44ac12c1f31337e7110c2071821; from 5d637d5aabd85132bd85779677d8acb708e0ed90 before dcd51ab42b7a0431575689c5f74b8b6efd45fc2f; from 5d637d5aabd85132bd85779677d8acb708e0ed90 before 20d3e1c8a1847497269f04d874b2a5818ec29e2d; from 5d637d5aabd85132bd85779677d8acb708e0ed90 before 640297c3e897bd7e1481466a6a5cb9560f1edb88; from 5d637d5aabd85132bd85779677d8acb708e0ed90 before 49c8951680d7b76fceaee89dcfbab1363fb24fd1; from 5d637d5aabd85132bd85779677d8acb708e0ed90 before e8a1e58345cf40b7b272e08ac7b32328b2543e40	CNA record
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem siemens:simatic_s7_1500_tm_mfp_gnu_linux_subsystem (from the name)	before V1.1.1	CISA ADP
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 3.16 before 5.10.215; from 5.11 before 5.15.154; from 5.16 before 6.1.84; from 6.2 before 6.6.24; from 6.7 before 6.7.12; from 6.8 before 6.8.3	NVD

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/068ab2759bc0b4daf0b964de61b2731449c86531patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3d858650933d44ac12c1f31337e7110c2071821patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcd51ab42b7a0431575689c5f74b8b6efd45fc2fpatch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20d3e1c8a1847497269f04d874b2a5818ec29e2dpatch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/640297c3e897bd7e1481466a6a5cb9560f1edb88patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49c8951680d7b76fceaee89dcfbab1363fb24fd1patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8a1e58345cf40b7b272e08ac7b32328b2543e40patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.htmlmailing-list, third-party-advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html

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