Bug 2492421 (CVE-2026-52981) - CVE-2026-52981 kernel: neigh: let neigh_xmit take skb ownership
Summary: CVE-2026-52981 kernel: neigh: let neigh_xmit take skb ownership
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-52981
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-06-24 18:11 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-26 12:07 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-06-24 18:11:20 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

neigh: let neigh_xmit take skb ownership

neigh_xmit always releases the skb, except when no neighbour table is
found. But even the first added user of neigh_xmit (mpls) relied on
neigh_xmit to release the skb (or queue it for tx).

sashiko reported:
 If neigh_xmit() is called with an uninitialized neighbor table (for
 example, NEIGH_ND_TABLE when IPv6 is disabled), it returns -EAFNOSUPPORT
 and bypasses its internal out_kfree_skb error path.  Because the return
 value of neigh_xmit() is ignored here, does this leak the SKB?

Assume full ownership and remove the last code path that doesn't
xmit or free skb.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-06-26 12:02:51 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026062441-CVE-2026-52981-dce5@gregkh/T


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