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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.8 High

CVE-2026-64543

tipc: fix use-after-free of the discoverer in tipc_disc_rcv()

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: fix use-after-free of the discoverer in tipc_disc_rcv() bearer_disable() frees b->disc with tipc_disc_delete()'s plain kfree(), but tipc_disc_rcv() still dereferences b->disc in RX softirq under rcu_read_lock() (tipc_udp_recv -> tipc_rcv -> tipc_disc_rcv). L2 bearers are safe thanks to the synchronize_net() in tipc_disable_l2_media(), but the UDP bearer defers that call to the cleanup_bearer() workqueue, so the discoverer is freed with no grace period: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tipc_disc_rcv (net/tipc/discover.c:149) Read of size 8 at addr ffff88802348b728 by task poc_tipc/184 <IRQ> tipc_disc_rcv (net/tipc/discover.c:149) tipc_rcv (net/tipc/node.c:2126) tipc_udp_recv (net/tipc/udp_media.c:391) udp_rcv (net/ipv4/udp.c:2643) ip_local_deliver_finish (net/ipv4/ip_input.c:241) </IRQ> Freed by task 181: kfree (mm/slub.c:6565) bearer_disable (net/tipc/bearer.c:418) tipc_nl_bearer_disable (net/tipc/bearer.c:1001) The bearer is freed with kfree_rcu(); free the discoverer the same way. Add an rcu_head to struct tipc_discoverer and free it and its skb from an RCU callback. Because the RCU callback (tipc_disc_free_rcu) lives in module text, a call_rcu() that is still pending when the tipc module is unloaded would invoke a freed function. Add an rcu_barrier() to tipc_exit() after the bearer subsystem has been torn down, so all pending discoverer callbacks have run before the module text goes away. Reachable from an unprivileged user namespace: the TIPCv2 genl family is netnsok and its bearer commands have no GENL_ADMIN_PERM. Needs CONFIG_TIPC and CONFIG_TIPC_MEDIA_UDP.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 25b0b9c4e835ffaa65b61c3efe2e28acf84d0259 to < 380413cdfd29fb9fa486c82889132b680c4983c5affected
  • 25b0b9c4e835ffaa65b61c3efe2e28acf84d0259 to < f05b3f4c78370469286879c765f5a1dd39dbcd32affected
  • 25b0b9c4e835ffaa65b61c3efe2e28acf84d0259 to < 4da2ac7749411971e1b222b992da5a172ce45f98affected
  • 25b0b9c4e835ffaa65b61c3efe2e28acf84d0259 to < 5e215bf1c47fdddf8203a0fe80a0ed594065f101affected
  • 25b0b9c4e835ffaa65b61c3efe2e28acf84d0259 to < ec7d54d8cc1723921d671e3272b427c96366506faffected
  • 25b0b9c4e835ffaa65b61c3efe2e28acf84d0259 to < a0c5fdeb5fa257f8c6d469af266bc087cb5de6a2affected
  • 25b0b9c4e835ffaa65b61c3efe2e28acf84d0259 to < b65289e1c3f352a9f92c6e19713ddd647e033253affected
  • 25b0b9c4e835ffaa65b61c3efe2e28acf84d0259 to < 1579342d71133da7f00daa02c75cebec7372097baffected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 4.17affected
  • 0 to < 4.17unaffected
  • 5.10.265 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.216 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.183 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.145 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.97 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.40 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.1.5 to ≤ 7.1.*unaffected
  • 7.2 to ≤ *unaffected

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