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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.8 High

CVE-2026-97611

net: openvswitch: fix use-after-free of the flow table mask array

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
Linux

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: openvswitch: fix use-after-free of the flow table mask array tbl_mask_array_realloc() retires the old mask_array before it stops being reachable: old = ovsl_dereference(tbl->mask_array); if (old) { ... call_rcu(&old->rcu, mask_array_rcu_cb); } rcu_assign_pointer(tbl->mask_array, new); call_rcu() only waits for read-side critical sections already in flight. tbl->mask_array still points at old between the call_rcu() and the rcu_assign_pointer(), so a reader entering ovs_flow_tbl_lookup_stats() in that window picks up old in a fresh critical section that the pending grace period does not cover. tbl_mask_array_realloc() runs in process context under ovs_mutex, so the window is preemptible and can outlast the grace period. Then mask_array_rcu_cb() frees old before the swap runs: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in flow_lookup.constprop.0+0x2bf/0x2f0 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888020b3e018 by task poc/741 flow_lookup.constprop.0+0x2bf/0x2f0 ovs_flow_tbl_lookup_stats+0x4a3/0x5c0 ovs_dp_process_packet+0x19c/0x710 ovs_vport_receive+0x243/0x390 internal_dev_xmit+0x81/0x170 Freed by task 728: kfree+0x16a/0x4e0 rcu_core+0x853/0x1030 Publish the new array before retiring the old one. The kfree_rcu() that call_rcu() replaced ran after the swap.

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

  • eac87c413bf9794c14d488998a5265ea5b32f04e to < 4c98b492e9ed63f9ca3e23566d9a6a4f235944f4affected
  • eac87c413bf9794c14d488998a5265ea5b32f04e to < 4016ead17acd75312c066ecd47c4b7f0a81ceaa2affected
  • eac87c413bf9794c14d488998a5265ea5b32f04e to < 017dbbf0d6c319a487f68e22f56d91fc787d5525affected
  • eac87c413bf9794c14d488998a5265ea5b32f04e to < 76678217cdabc41e3c74c23b45b62086ffb8fe7aaffected
  • eac87c413bf9794c14d488998a5265ea5b32f04e to < cd982e11684def5d4a9fcfd5354de09032828414affected
  • eac87c413bf9794c14d488998a5265ea5b32f04e to < a0d18d21d48a551f82ee344e50efb8a682161489affected
  • eac87c413bf9794c14d488998a5265ea5b32f04e to < 035e9c3722067648a99010711d0ce81f42572ef4affected
  • eac87c413bf9794c14d488998a5265ea5b32f04e to < ba4ba11ed6eb8972c69070417fc27b48deb002e8affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 5.9affected
  • 0 to < 5.9unaffected
  • 5.10.271 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.222 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.189 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.158 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.111 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.53 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.2.7 to ≤ 7.2.*unaffected
  • 7.3 to ≤ *unaffected

References