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CVE-2026-43091

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
06/05/2026
Last modified:
08/05/2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> xfrm: Wait for RCU readers during policy netns exit<br /> <br /> xfrm_policy_fini() frees the policy_bydst hash tables after flushing the<br /> policy work items and deleting all policies, but it does not wait for<br /> concurrent RCU readers to leave their read-side critical sections first.<br /> <br /> The policy_bydst tables are published via rcu_assign_pointer() and are<br /> looked up through rcu_dereference_check(), so netns teardown must also<br /> wait for an RCU grace period before freeing the table memory.<br /> <br /> Fix this by adding synchronize_rcu() before freeing the policy hash tables.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH

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