CVE-2026-64123net: hsr: defer node table free until after RCU readers
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hsr: defer node table free until after RCU readers HSR node-list and node-status generic-netlink operations run under rcu_read_lock(). They walk hsr->node_db through hsr_get_next_node() and hsr_get_node_data(), but RTM_DELLINK teardown removes the same node table with plain list_del() and frees each node immediately. That lets a generic-netlink reader hold a struct hsr_node pointer across hsr_dellink(). In a KASAN build, widening the reader window after hsr_get_next_node() obtains the node reproduces a slab-use-after-free when the reader copies node->macaddress_A; the freeing stack is hsr_del_nodes() from hsr_dellink(). Use list_del_rcu() and defer the free through the existing hsr_free_node_rcu() callback. This matches the lifetime rule used by the HSR prune paths, which already delete nodes with list_del_rcu() and call_rcu().
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/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 16, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | from b9a1e627405d68d475a3c1f35e685ccfb5bbe668 before 0ea70fb46940620848c08d9d399455c9e82fecdb; from b9a1e627405d68d475a3c1f35e685ccfb5bbe668 before 8be6685cdd1255bcc85f9b59e4bfc313aefc5c1b; from b9a1e627405d68d475a3c1f35e685ccfb5bbe668 before c5580114e0492bcd2e0a37613ed4c311e3fa3d4d; from b9a1e627405d68d475a3c1f35e685ccfb5bbe668 before 7713f4aafb577ff49fa67f0488d9c7dddc64d6ce; from b9a1e627405d68d475a3c1f35e685ccfb5bbe668 before 6324423a8e6591f41a16c09a8f9a84e554ac147c; from b9a1e627405d68d475a3c1f35e685ccfb5bbe668 before 48d09dea506de667eb55f939bf98eec721effbdb; from b9a1e627405d68d475a3c1f35e685ccfb5bbe668 before 8c3af18bb0d7c921a5219194037509463eb2ffde; from b9a1e627405d68d475a3c1f35e685ccfb5bbe668 before aaec7096f9961eb223b5b149abe9495525c205d9; and 2 more ranges | CNA record |
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | from 5.2.12 before 5.10.259; from 5.11 before 5.15.210; from 5.16 before 6.1.176; from 6.2 before 6.6.143; from 6.7 before 6.12.93; from 6.13 before 7.0.11; 7.1; 7.1; and 2 more ranges | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ea70fb46940620848c08d9d399455c9e82fecdbpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8be6685cdd1255bcc85f9b59e4bfc313aefc5c1bpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5580114e0492bcd2e0a37613ed4c311e3fa3d4dpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7713f4aafb577ff49fa67f0488d9c7dddc64d6cepatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6324423a8e6591f41a16c09a8f9a84e554ac147cpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48d09dea506de667eb55f939bf98eec721effbdb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c3af18bb0d7c921a5219194037509463eb2ffdepatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aaec7096f9961eb223b5b149abe9495525c205d9patch
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