GHSA-29X7-MV82-CJ8R
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-15 15:30 – Updated: 2026-08-19 18:32In 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)
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-74563"
],
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"github_reviewed": false,
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-08-15T13:18:01Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nrds: tcp: hold the RCU lock across ipv6_chk_addr() in rds_tcp_laddr_check()\n\nrds_tcp_laddr_check() looks up a scoped IPv6 interface with\ndev_get_by_index_rcu(), drops the RCU read-side lock, and only then\npasses the bare struct net_device * into ipv6_chk_addr().\n\ndev_get_by_index_rcu() only keeps the device alive within the same RCU\nread-side section. After rcu_read_unlock(), a concurrent RTM_DELLINK can\nfree the net_device; ipv6_chk_addr() then dereferences the stale pointer\nin __ipv6_chk_addr_and_flags() (e.g. l3mdev_master_dev_rcu(dev)), reading\nfreed memory.\n\nKeep the RCU read-side lock held across the ipv6_chk_addr() call instead\nof dropping it right after the lookup, so the device cannot be freed\nwhile it is in use.\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __ipv6_chk_addr_and_flags (... net/ipv6/addrconf.c:1998)\n Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880106ec000 by task exploit/153\n Call Trace:\n ...\n kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:595)\n __ipv6_chk_addr_and_flags (... net/ipv6/addrconf.c:1998)\n ipv6_chk_addr (net/ipv6/addrconf.c:2031 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:1972)\n rds_tcp_laddr_check (net/rds/tcp.c:370)\n rds_bind (net/rds/bind.c:248)\n __sys_bind (net/socket.c:1920)\n __x64_sys_bind (net/socket.c:1956)\n do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63)\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121)",
"id": "GHSA-29x7-mv82-cj8r",
"modified": "2026-08-19T18:32:32Z",
"published": "2026-08-15T15:30:36Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74563"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76dd48886eeeb5fcf2b837d2f4c3d17eebeac9ef"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8398bc477d3cb3e2b018a5aaac2bec0f69acda30"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1d480fce05f857dc438080cd8c9244b84a83494"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba95bce5dfe6e2ef602a87e0557225f2934ccb5c"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4933624a6f416ecfcc31ab58d585da1207a0597"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0d1fb05d70c8a561cd8d0473bcacafa2fc137ff"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8a8977af2134a1d91e5f9773cb7d9d53278c830"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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