CVE-2026-74563
Received
Received - Intake
Use-After-Free in Linux Kernel RDS TCP Module
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-74563, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-08-15
Last updated on: 2026-08-15
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rds: tcp: hold the RCU lock across ipv6_chk_addr() in rds_tcp_laddr_check()
rds_tcp_laddr_check() looks up a scoped IPv6 interface with
dev_get_by_index_rcu(), drops the RCU read-side lock, and only then
passes the bare struct net_device * into ipv6_chk_addr().
dev_get_by_index_rcu() only keeps the device alive within the same RCU
read-side section. After rcu_read_unlock(), a concurrent RTM_DELLINK can
free the net_device; ipv6_chk_addr() then dereferences the stale pointer
in __ipv6_chk_addr_and_flags() (e.g. l3mdev_master_dev_rcu(dev)), reading
freed memory.
Keep the RCU read-side lock held across the ipv6_chk_addr() call instead
of dropping it right after the lookup, so the device cannot be freed
while it is in use.
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __ipv6_chk_addr_and_flags (... net/ipv6/addrconf.c:1998)
Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880106ec000 by task exploit/153
Call Trace:
...
kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:595)
__ipv6_chk_addr_and_flags (... net/ipv6/addrconf.c:1998)
ipv6_chk_addr (net/ipv6/addrconf.c:2031 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:1972)
rds_tcp_laddr_check (net/rds/tcp.c:370)
rds_bind (net/rds/bind.c:248)
__sys_bind (net/socket.c:1920)
__x64_sys_bind (net/socket.c:1956)
do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63)
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121)
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-UNKNOWN |
