Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-74496

Linux Linux

fou: Fix use-after-free in fou_create()

CVSS 3.1
7.8High

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fou: Fix use-after-free in fou_create() fou_create() publishes struct fou through sk_user_data before adding the new FOU port to the per-netns list. If fou_add_to_port_list() fails, the error path frees fou while it is still reachable through sk_user_data. A concurrent receive can then dereference the freed object in fou_from_sock(). This ordering issue was previously noted in the linked discussion. The failure is reachable when local port 0 is requested. Each socket binds to a different ephemeral port, but fou_cfg_cmp() compares the requested port 0 and reports -EALREADY once an entry already exists. Release the tunnel socket before freeing fou so sk_user_data is cleared first, and defer reclamation with kfree_rcu() to protect concurrent RCU readers. This matches the lifetime handling in fou_release().

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 3.18 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 23461551c00628c3f3fe9cf837bf53cf8f212b63 ≤ v < a6fca682cfa2041e31aa72cc397c4a1406eb7468 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 23461551c00628c3f3fe9cf837bf53cf8f212b63 ≤ v < b3f9c3e60aa25453774f899d25b5e61dd0bec1d5 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 23461551c00628c3f3fe9cf837bf53cf8f212b63 ≤ v < 99f4d3120b244f92e5df787152041296a2860cb5 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 23461551c00628c3f3fe9cf837bf53cf8f212b63 ≤ v < 0ee628a58d83e571f36ec9f07624d6845e420c50 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 23461551c00628c3f3fe9cf837bf53cf8f212b63 ≤ v < 9042867d4701728f0c6527215b11471759904d8f CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 23461551c00628c3f3fe9cf837bf53cf8f212b63 ≤ v < a28d8903bfe76089ea4bbdbff9976965f9ef8107 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 23461551c00628c3f3fe9cf837bf53cf8f212b63 ≤ v < b14361aca6350ff7907b0e9903c7b94dc7d5d4a0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 23461551c00628c3f3fe9cf837bf53cf8f212b63 ≤ v < 58835985c035a8333742f829ad7e0889a082f9d3 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-08-15
Last updated
2026-10-16
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
Linux

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.12%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
2.2%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

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