Bug 2492437 (CVE-2026-52993) - CVE-2026-52993 kernel: tipc: fix double-free in tipc_buf_append()
Summary: CVE-2026-52993 kernel: tipc: fix double-free in tipc_buf_append()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-52993
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Product Security
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Reported: 2026-06-24 18:12 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-07-31 20:44 UTC (History)
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:45115 0 None None None 2026-07-24 09:59:06 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:45116 0 None None None 2026-07-24 09:59:09 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:47017 0 None None None 2026-07-28 06:29:39 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:49212 0 None None None 2026-07-31 20:44:39 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-06-24 18:12:03 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tipc: fix double-free in tipc_buf_append()

tipc_msg_validate() can potentially reallocate the skb it is validating,
freeing the old one.  In tipc_buf_append(), it was being called with a
pointer to a local variable which was a copy of the caller's skb
pointer.

If the skb was reallocated and validation subsequently failed, the error
handling path would free the original skb pointer, which had already
been freed, leading to double-free.

Fix this by checking if head now points to a newly allocated reassembled
skb.  If it does, reassign *headbuf for later freeing operations.

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2026-07-24 09:59:05 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:45115 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:45115

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2026-07-24 09:59:08 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:45116 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:45116

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2026-07-28 06:29:38 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:47017 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47017

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2026-07-31 20:44:38 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:49212 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:49212


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