Bug 2546403 (CVE-2026-98229) - CVE-2026-98229 kernel: xfrm: save input state data before secpath resets
Summary: CVE-2026-98229 kernel: xfrm: save input state data before secpath resets
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98229
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-10-06 09:15 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-09 14:41 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-06 09:15:05 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

xfrm: save input state data before secpath resets

xfrm_input() stores the current xfrm_state in the skb secpath while it
continues receive-side processing. Some input paths can reset that secpath
before xfrm_input() has finished dereferencing the state.

Receive callback users such as VTI and XFRM interfaces can reset the
secpath. The VTI receive path does so before checking whether the packet
crosses network namespaces, while the XFRM interface path does so only for
cross-network-namespace packets. The XFRM_MAX_DEPTH error path can also
reset the secpath before the final drop callback reports the current
state's protocol.

If secpath_reset() drops the last state reference while the state is
concurrently deleted, xfrm_input() can still dereference the freed state
when selecting transport_finish() or reporting the drop callback protocol.

Save the state protocol on the stack while the state is still valid,
and use the already saved address family for transport_finish(). A larval
XFRM_STATE_ACQ state has no type, so retain nexthdr as its protocol. This
preserves the existing drop-path fallback while avoiding the post-reset
state dereferences without adding an extra state reference to every
received packet.


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