Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix potential UAF after skb_unshare() failure If skb_unshare() fails to unshare a packet due to allocation failure in rxrpc_input_packet(), the skb pointer in the parent (rxrpc_io_thread()) will be NULL'd out. This will likely cause the call to trace_rxrpc_rx_done() to oops. Fix this by moving the unsharing down to where rxrpc_input_call_event() calls rxrpc_input_call_packet(). There are a number of places prior to that where we ignore DATA packets for a variety of reasons (such as the call already being complete) for which an unshare is then avoided. And with that, rxrpc_input_packet() doesn't need to take a pointer to the pointer to the packet, so change that to just a pointer.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References10
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f2740150f904bfa60e4bad74d65add3ccb5e7f8 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fde6296c4d4da2be7ab761305ab7f232b94eefd Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/996b0487b3cdda4c91811dbb1c9564626bc840bd Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf20f46d94f1db38e6ffc0ca204a5fe0de01b495 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3bf143b1e98fb3d6d9e6825bcd683974d478e8c Patch
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34911
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55445
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65708
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65712
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67721
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.8
HIGH
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 3 · as of 14 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-416CWE-825
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