CVE-2026-74465net: openvswitch: fix potential UAF on meter attach failure
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: openvswitch: fix potential UAF on meter attach failure While attaching a newly created meter attach_meter() function makes the new meter visible to other CPUs but can still fail afterwards. On failure, it detaches the meter back and returns an error. However, this is an unexpected behavior for the ovs_meter_cmd_set() that uses a plain kfree(meter) on attach failure without waiting for RCU readers to stop using it, assuming it was never visible. This is never a problem for ovs-vswitchd as it always creates meters before creating any flows that use them. But the UAF can be triggered with a custom application using uAPI: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ovs_meter_execute (net/openvswitch/meter.c:653) Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810d152650 by task meter/2508 Call Trace: ovs_meter_execute (net/openvswitch/meter.c:653) do_execute_actions (net/openvswitch/actions.c:1407) ovs_execute_actions (net/openvswitch/actions.c:1584) ovs_packet_cmd_execute (net/openvswitch/datapath.c:703) ... netlink_sendmsg (af_netlink.c:1900) Allocated by task 2519: __kasan_kmalloc (mm/kasan/common.c:398 mm/kasan/common.c:415) ovs_meter_cmd_set (net/openvswitch/meter.c:422) ... netlink_sendmsg (af_netlink.c:1900) Freed by task 2519: kfree (mm/slub.c:2705 mm/slub.c:6405 mm/slub.c:6720) ovs_meter_cmd_set (net/openvswitch/meter.c:479) ... netlink_sendmsg (af_netlink.c:1900) Fix that by making sure attach_meter() doesn't make the meter visible until all the checks are done and the function can't fail anymore. This also makes sure the "hash" value is calculated after the potential re-sizing of the table. Reported by Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative as ZDI-CAN-31642.
- 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
- Received
- Record last updated
- Oct 16, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | from c7c4c44c9a95d87e50ced38f7480e779cb472174 before 496f3013c6ff759249abcfb2da2361c1a3e2e66d; from c7c4c44c9a95d87e50ced38f7480e779cb472174 before ddc0ef4217cc697c6ba1a295cc1ea42423ec68ac; from c7c4c44c9a95d87e50ced38f7480e779cb472174 before b0de3b58dac3b02b528f72ee0397728aed11f993; from c7c4c44c9a95d87e50ced38f7480e779cb472174 before 0310d1fa7f9debd0d89629e9f14c7975a47eaa9a; from c7c4c44c9a95d87e50ced38f7480e779cb472174 before 4d03e5fa3fbb1df15258a1eb3d6963f0d65659b3; from c7c4c44c9a95d87e50ced38f7480e779cb472174 before 90623c9499627803ef3f04fa25a3199402d4fb95; from c7c4c44c9a95d87e50ced38f7480e779cb472174 before 431a295d93f76fbdb6a7cfce92a9e3dfee1e5d61; from c7c4c44c9a95d87e50ced38f7480e779cb472174 before a58a2b0ce354df531ebc71fc870058c2feb59f6b | CNA record |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/496f3013c6ff759249abcfb2da2361c1a3e2e66d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddc0ef4217cc697c6ba1a295cc1ea42423ec68ac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0de3b58dac3b02b528f72ee0397728aed11f993
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0310d1fa7f9debd0d89629e9f14c7975a47eaa9a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d03e5fa3fbb1df15258a1eb3d6963f0d65659b3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90623c9499627803ef3f04fa25a3199402d4fb95
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/431a295d93f76fbdb6a7cfce92a9e3dfee1e5d61
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a58a2b0ce354df531ebc71fc870058c2feb59f6b
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