CVE-2026-53262

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: l2tp: pppol2tp: hold reference to session in pppol2tp_ioctl() pppol2tp_ioctl() read sock->sk->sk_user_data directly without any locks or reference counting. If a controllable sleep was induced during copy_from_user() (e.g. via a userfaultfd page fault sleep), a concurrent socket close could trigger pppol2tp_session_close() asynchronously. This frees the l2tp_session structure via the l2tp_session_del_work workqueue. Upon resuming, the ioctl thread dereferences the stale session pointer, resulting in a Use-After-Free (UAF). Fix this by securely fetching the session reference using the RCU-safe, refcounted helper pppol2tp_sock_to_session(sk) on entry. This locks the session's refcount across the sleep. We structured the function to exit via standard err breaks, guaranteeing that l2tp_session_put() is cleanly called on all return paths to drop the reference. To preserve existing behavior we validate the session and its magic signature only for the specific L2TP commands that require it. This ensures that generic/unknown ioctls called on an unconnected socket still return -ENOIOCTLCMD and correctly fall back to generic handlers (e.g. in sock_do_ioctl()).
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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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

08 Jul 2026, 15:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Linux linux Kernel
Linux
CWE NVD-CWE-Other
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62f327e287cf7b595ae3f73ba72f5cd2a9e9f39f - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62f327e287cf7b595ae3f73ba72f5cd2a9e9f39f - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78cdfdca88cbf731a92f3b9ee5427c633dd94e28 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78cdfdca88cbf731a92f3b9ee5427c633dd94e28 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a213a8950414c684999dcf03edeea6c46ede172e - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a213a8950414c684999dcf03edeea6c46ede172e - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e251d4cdfc725c9e7d686161e3b775a0e7d95053 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e251d4cdfc725c9e7d686161e3b775a0e7d95053 - Patch

28 Jun 2026, 08:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.8

25 Jun 2026, 09:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-06-25 09:16

Updated : 2026-07-08 15:15


NVD link : CVE-2026-53262

Mitre link : CVE-2026-53262

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-53262


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel