Bug 2528690 (CVE-2026-80848) - CVE-2026-80848 kernel: xfrm: espintcp: fix UAF during close
Summary: CVE-2026-80848 kernel: xfrm: espintcp: fix UAF during close
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-80848
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-04 16:24 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-06 16:59 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-04 16:24:16 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

xfrm: espintcp: fix UAF during close

ZDI reported and analyzed a race condition during close for espintcp
sockets:

    espintcp_close() frees emsg->skb via kfree_skb() without holding
    any socket lock. Concurrently, the xfrm_trans_reinject work queue
    invokes esp_output_tcp_finish() -> espintcp_push_skb() ->
    espintcp_push_msgs() -> skb_send_sock_locked(), which reads the
    same skb as a data source.

Fix this by adding a synchronize_rcu() call after resetting sk_prot,
since esp_output_tcp_finish() runs under RCU and won't use a socket
with sk_prot == &tcp_prot.  Simply taking the socket lock in
espintcp_close() could lead to leaks, if esp_output_tcp_finish()
re-adds an skb in the slot we just freed. After this, the existing
barrier() is no longer needed.


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