Bug 2516694 (CVE-2026-72405) - CVE-2026-72405 kernel: net: udp_tunnel: prevent double queueing in udp_tunnel_nic_device_sync
Summary: CVE-2026-72405 kernel: net: udp_tunnel: prevent double queueing in udp_tunnel...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72405
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:26 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-19 15:32 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:26:14 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: udp_tunnel: prevent double queueing in udp_tunnel_nic_device_sync

Yue Sun reported a use-after-free and debugobjects warning in
udp_tunnel_nic_device_sync_work() during concurrent device operations.

The workqueue core clears the internal pending bit before invoking the
worker. At that point, a concurrent thread can queue the work again.
When the already running worker eventually clears the work_pending flag
to 0, it mistakenly clears the flag for the newly queued instance.
udp_tunnel_nic_unregister() then observes work_pending as 0 and frees
the structure while the second work item is still active in the queue,
leading to UAF.

Fix this by returning early in udp_tunnel_nic_device_sync() if
work_pending is already set, preventing redundant work queueing.


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