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CVE-2026-99116

Linux: net: psp: do not inherit the Rx association on clone

Linux LinuxOperating systems
CVSS
NoneNot scored
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)No scoreNo FIRST EPSS score in this snapshot yet
Fixed in1d2929d0850fff683b8aff051275945e65f082c8Fixed versionCVE List
Published28 Oct 2026Updated 28 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

  • 1d2929d0850fff683b8aff051275945e65f082c8LinuxCVE List

A fixed version on one release line is not the upgrade target for every line. Check your exact version and any vendor backports.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: psp: do not inherit the Rx association on clone

sk->psp_assoc sits past sk_dontcopy_end, so sock_copy() copies it into every socket accepted from a listener without taking a reference, while inet_sock_destruct() puts for every inet socket. psp_twsk_init() does refcount_inc() for the timewait socket, so a child closing through TIME_WAIT cancels its own put and leaves the association with one reference and N timewait sockets holding the same pointer. Closing the listener frees it, and the timewait timers then put freed memory.

Rejecting the association on a listening socket is not sufficient: a socket can acquire one while established and then be turned back into a listener, because tcp_disconnect() leaves sk->psp_assoc in place.

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in psp_twsk_assoc_free+0x6f/0xf0 Write of size 4 at addr ffff888110f9255c by task swapper/7/0 psp_twsk_assoc_free+0x6f/0xf0 inet_twsk_put+0xda/0x1b0 call_timer_fn+0x53/0x2e0 __run_timers+0x764/0xa80 Freed by task 99: kfree+0x1a7/0x500 process_one_work+0x7ec/0x1100

An association carries a per-connection SPI and key, so a child must not inherit the parent's. Clear it on clone.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 8

  • Linuxaffected: 6b46ca260e2290e3453d1355ab5b6d283d73d780 before a9f14ea73e82db743f0acf4219f499d594589288CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6b46ca260e2290e3453d1355ab5b6d283d73d780 before c962695467d3ab9738a6508279827ec33a7d2bdfCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6b46ca260e2290e3453d1355ab5b6d283d73d780 before 1d2929d0850fff683b8aff051275945e65f082c8CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.18CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 6.18CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.18.59 through 6.18.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.13 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

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