CVE-2026-64452
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
6lowpan: fix NHC entry use-after-free on error path
lowpan_nhc_do_uncompression() looks up an NHC descriptor while holding lowpan_nhc_lock. If the descriptor has no uncompress callback, the error path drops the lock before printing nhc->name.
lowpan_nhc_del() removes descriptors under the same lock and then relies on synchronize_net() before the owning module can be unloaded. That only waits for net RX RCU readers. lowpan_header_decompress() is also exported and can be reached from callers that are not necessarily covered by the net core RX critical section, for example the Bluetooth 6LoWPAN L2CAP receive path.
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This leaves a race where one task drops lowpan_nhc_lock in the error path, another task unregisters and frees the matching descriptor after synchronize_net() returns, and the first task then dereferences nhc->name for the warning.
With the post-unlock window widened, KASAN reports:
Fix this by printing the warning before dropping lowpan_nhc_lock, so the descriptor name is read while unregister is still excluded. The malformed packet is still rejected with -ENOTSUPP.
Detalles técnicos trazas, registros y código del informe original
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in lowpan_nhc_do_uncompression+0x1f4/0x220 Read of size 8 lowpan_nhc_do_uncompression lowpan_header_decompress
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.1
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.22%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 11
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1203Exploitation for Client Executionexecution75 % - Impacto principal
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation70 %
Vulnerabilidad de use-after-free (CWE-416) en kernel Linux que requiere un paquete malformado (interacción del usuario) en red adyacente (AV:A, UI:R). Permite escalada de privilegios vía denegación de servicio o corrupción de memoria.
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Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-416
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0beccbcf50de125be5520d0ffc59af4bb8655482
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1720db928e5a58ca7d75ac1d514c3b73fd7061a7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/593b78bb3c7ef0c6e9ae6fdf5afa80a5f7573168
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80b5c8779acee0550845394fb3e5176a398aa24c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c2f5c0829a8c8b904dae36be6d8056b719ac605
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8e3a94711134e898c6021a6b77374efa91b3639
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b713aa0cc344f10f7a9928a230b5f5e780d04078
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc27aea4d454abfb385ee2c9499c78b96db9b728
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