CVE-2026-45998

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.
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OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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History

16 Jun 2026, 13:25

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Linux linux Kernel
Linux
CWE CWE-416
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.8
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f2740150f904bfa60e4bad74d65add3ccb5e7f8 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f2740150f904bfa60e4bad74d65add3ccb5e7f8 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fde6296c4d4da2be7ab761305ab7f232b94eefd - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fde6296c4d4da2be7ab761305ab7f232b94eefd - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/996b0487b3cdda4c91811dbb1c9564626bc840bd - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/996b0487b3cdda4c91811dbb1c9564626bc840bd - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf20f46d94f1db38e6ffc0ca204a5fe0de01b495 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf20f46d94f1db38e6ffc0ca204a5fe0de01b495 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3bf143b1e98fb3d6d9e6825bcd683974d478e8c - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3bf143b1e98fb3d6d9e6825bcd683974d478e8c - Patch

27 May 2026, 14:17

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-27 14:17

Updated : 2026-06-17 10:52


NVD link : CVE-2026-45998

Mitre link : CVE-2026-45998

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-45998


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-416

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