Bug 2492784 (CVE-2026-53262)
| Summary: | CVE-2026-53262 kernel: l2tp: pppol2tp: hold reference to session in pppol2tp_ioctl() | ||
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| Product: | [Other] Security Response | Reporter: | OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport> |
| Component: | vulnerability | Assignee: | Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot> |
| Status: | NEW --- | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | high | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | high | ||
| Version: | unspecified | CC: | rhel-process-autobot, watson-tool-maintainers |
| Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | Security |
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| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's `pppol2tp` module. This Use-After-Free (UAF) vulnerability arises from improper handling of session references within the `pppol2tp_ioctl()` function. A local attacker could exploit this by triggering a race condition during data copying, leading to the dereferencing of a stale session pointer. This could result in a system crash, causing a Denial of Service (DoS), or potentially allow for arbitrary code execution.
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Description
OSIDB Bzimport
2026-06-25 10:05:32 UTC
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