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CVE-2026-53247 (GCVE-0-2026-53247)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-25 08:39 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:34
VLAI
Title
net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: Fix use-after-free in metadata dst teardown
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: Fix use-after-free in metadata dst teardown mtk_free_dev() calls metadata_dst_free() which frees the metadata_dst with kfree() immediately, bypassing the RCU grace period. In the RX path, skb_dst_set_noref() sets a non-refcounted pointer from the skb to the metadata_dst. This function requires RCU read-side protection and the dst must remain valid until all RCU readers complete. Since metadata_dst_free() calls kfree() directly, a use-after-free can occur if any skb still holds a noref pointer to the dst when the driver tears it down. Replace metadata_dst_free() with dst_release() which properly goes through the refcount path: when the refcount drops to zero, it schedules the actual free via call_rcu_hurry(), ensuring all RCU readers have completed before the memory is freed.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 2d7605a729062bb554f03c5983d8cfb8c0b42e9c , < 72775977e89c25c99ee84d2c5baa3f86a8ba5cb4 (git)
Affected: 2d7605a729062bb554f03c5983d8cfb8c0b42e9c , < 459c6f35c58cf0fd5247e55d73ddaa29571d9b7e (git)
Affected: 2d7605a729062bb554f03c5983d8cfb8c0b42e9c , < e634408d2b0cd939cfe019398a21fb47b7a8ffe3 (git)
Affected: 2d7605a729062bb554f03c5983d8cfb8c0b42e9c , < 2d86aeb46d5f69c704065a8c69822582787272a1 (git)
Affected: 2d7605a729062bb554f03c5983d8cfb8c0b42e9c , < 80df409e1a483676826a6c66e693dba6ac507751 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.2
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.2 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.143 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.94 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.36 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0.13 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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