Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-64575

Linux Linux

bpf: tcp: fix double sock release on batch realloc

CVSS 3.1
7.8High

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: tcp: fix double sock release on batch realloc bpf_iter_tcp_batch() releases the current batch via bpf_iter_tcp_put_batch(), which drops the socket refs and rewrites each slot with the socket cookie, then grows the batch. cur_sk/end_sk are kept for bpf_iter_tcp_resume(), but on realloc failure the function returns ERR_PTR() before resume runs, leaving cur_sk < end_sk over slots that now hold cookies rather than sock pointers. bpf_iter_tcp_seq_stop() then calls bpf_iter_tcp_put_batch() again and dereferences a cookie as a struct sock. Empty the batch on the failure path so stop() does not release it again. The sockets were already freed by the first bpf_iter_tcp_put_batch(), so nothing leaks, and a later read() rescans the bucket from the start instead of skipping it. The sibling GFP_NOWAIT failure path still holds real socket references and is left for stop() to release. BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in __sock_gen_cookie Read of size 8 at addr 0000000000000059 by task exploit ... __sock_gen_cookie (net/core/sock_diag.c:28) bpf_iter_tcp_put_batch (net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:2918) bpf_iter_tcp_seq_stop (net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:3270) bpf_seq_read (kernel/bpf/bpf_iter.c:205) vfs_read (fs/read_write.c:572) ksys_read (fs/read_write.c:716) do_syscall_64 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
7.8High 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (Linux) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Linux Linux 6.17 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 1d7a82c1df5fc397eaca9c6b8c8f61aae9866ad4 ≤ v < 7a6a6d2a127866935f87b55b557bc89693065462 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 36f955807ee4ede07e9410772f792e4cb4ec807b ≤ v < f0c1810320b0dac228103fad7311e89532134d83 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 9794ac757a650dd594391192183c9caf939f8223 ≤ v < c842882e4c5d2818b858d6baf3fd10958c93f729 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux cdec67a489d4fdae3e83e04fca0419136a83c4c2 ≤ v < 9f27c4f0ae35b5390ce4f7a54d3501144e41a54d CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux cdec67a489d4fdae3e83e04fca0419136a83c4c2 ≤ v < 8a726e9585ffe7bfbfad2b5279277a00973970f3 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux cdec67a489d4fdae3e83e04fca0419136a83c4c2 ≤ v < 980a813452754f8001704744e92f7aa697c53dd3 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-08-05
Last updated
2026-10-20
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
Linux

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.15%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
4.8%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-416
    Use After Free