CVE-2026-43091

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

06/05/2026

Last modified:

19/05/2026

Description

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

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.9 (including)	6.6.136 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.7 (including)	6.12.83 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.13 (including)	6.18.24 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.19 (including)	6.19.14 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc5::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc6::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc7::::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2026-43091

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools