Bug 2464421 (CVE-2026-43011) - CVE-2026-43011 kernel: net/x25: Fix potential double free of skb
Summary: CVE-2026-43011 kernel: net/x25: Fix potential double free of skb
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-43011
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-05-01 15:05 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-01 16:20 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-01 15:05:56 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/x25: Fix potential double free of skb

When alloc_skb fails in x25_queue_rx_frame it calls kfree_skb(skb) at
line 48 and returns 1 (error).
This error propagates back through the call chain:

x25_queue_rx_frame returns 1
    |
    v
x25_state3_machine receives the return value 1 and takes the else
branch at line 278, setting queued=0 and returning 0
    |
    v
x25_process_rx_frame returns queued=0
    |
    v
x25_backlog_rcv at line 452 sees queued=0 and calls kfree_skb(skb)
again

This would free the same skb twice. Looking at x25_backlog_rcv:

net/x25/x25_in.c:x25_backlog_rcv() {
    ...
    queued = x25_process_rx_frame(sk, skb);
    ...
    if (!queued)
        kfree_skb(skb);
}


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