Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: input: hold netns during deferred transport reinjection Transport-mode reinjection stores a struct net pointer in skb->cb and uses it later from xfrm_trans_reinject(). That pointer must stay valid until the deferred callback runs. Take a netns reference when queueing deferred reinjection work and drop it after the callback completes. Use maybe_get_net() so the queueing path does not revive a namespace that is already being torn down. This keeps the existing workqueue design and fixes the netns lifetime handling in one place for all users of xfrm_trans_queue_net().
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References8
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2df7059a18afb7d3aee6c36cad5d371c198111d4 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/48ce101cd630d6745b6923b5bad8358bc4c119da Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/55ddfc41451f01c588089cd74957a05311b6f202 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ee59eda8820b758ed29e1cd3222359c7b97302c Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8dfabcba6a943a7a02ebe1e1637c361ba96acbaa Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f67a36e91bb50d358760f381f233913fe5c09f8 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f7ebb45a83afc3216e855e57d51bb4bc9b5232e Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c16f74dc1d75d0e2e7670076d5375deda110ebeb Patch
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.8
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 1% percentile: 52 · as of 14 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-416
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