CVE-2026-68377

{
  "id": "CVE-2026-68377",
  "cveTags": [],
  "metrics": {
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      {
        "type": "Secondary",
        "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "cvssData": {
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "version": "3.1",
          "baseScore": 7.8,
          "attackVector": "LOCAL",
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
          "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH"
        },
        "impactScore": 5.9,
        "exploitabilityScore": 1.8
      }
    ]
  },
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "affectedData": [
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          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
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            },
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "ca9b7a65a2c97579fcdd509d454d48e3a5c49af8",
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            {
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            },
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "4.20.6",
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          ],
          "programFiles": [
            "net/sched/act_tunnel_key.c"
          ],
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
        },
        {
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
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              "status": "affected",
              "version": "5.0"
            },
            {
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "0",
              "lessThan": "5.0",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "5.10.265",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*"
            },
            {
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "5.15.216",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*"
            },
            {
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.1.183",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*"
            },
            {
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.6.148",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*"
            },
            {
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.12.101",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*"
            },
            {
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.18.42",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*"
            },
            {
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "7.1.6",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*"
            },
            {
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "7.2",
              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*"
            }
          ],
          "programFiles": [
            "net/sched/act_tunnel_key.c"
          ],
          "defaultStatus": "affected"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "published": "2026-08-10T13:20:30.647",
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2200a00ff247f70f5dcdb4e6f14b0d48ddac5467",
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2791a501da508b704a617b4dba29db54a65bc9f7",
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/389d03992dabb80488228e8119b9dd6d0f58e1a6",
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/531dbb5bb98e52ad26be7e90f9f8bec707c5bd0e",
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/676ad6aa7cec89a08d2a5ce3cd5959e313f29733",
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5931f020b681fdcb9378262d89b61cb3c7ebbf8",
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1f5c8a3955f8fda3f84ed883ac8daa1847e724c",
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fed1b1ddab41a0e7a462ac690a0c8af6ff793624",
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
    }
  ],
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/sched: act_tunnel_key: Defer dst_release to RCU callback\n\nFix a race-condition use-after-free in tunnel_key_release_params().\n\nThe function releases the metadata_dst of the old params synchronously\nvia dst_release() while deferring the params struct free with\nkfree_rcu(). A concurrent tunnel_key_act() reader on the datapath may\nstill hold the old params pointer (under rcu_read_lock_bh) and proceed\nto call dst_clone(&params->tcft_enc_metadata->dst) after the writer's\ndst_release has already pushed the dst's rcuref to RCUREF_DEAD.\n\nzdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com produced a poc which i (and Victor) verified\nthat KASAN reports:\n\n==================================================================\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in instrument_atomic_read_write include/linux/instrumented.h:112\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in atomic_sub_return_release include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:326\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __rcuref_put include/linux/rcuref.h:109\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in rcuref_put include/linux/rcuref.h:173\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in dst_release+0x5b/0x370 net/core/dst.c:168\nWrite of size 4 at addr ffff88806158de40 by task poc/9388\n\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 9388 Comm: poc Tainted: G        W           7.1.0-rc7 #7 PREEMPT(lazy)\nTainted: [W]=WARN\nHardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 25.10 PC v2 (i440FX + PIIX, + 10.1 machine, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94\n dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190 lib/dump_stack.c:120\n print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378\n print_report+0x139/0x4ad mm/kasan/report.c:482\n kasan_report+0xe4/0x1d0 mm/kasan/report.c:595\n check_region_inline mm/kasan/generic.c:186\n kasan_check_range+0x125/0x200 mm/kasan/generic.c:200\n instrument_atomic_read_write include/linux/instrumented.h:112\n atomic_sub_return_release include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:326\n __rcuref_put include/linux/rcuref.h:109\n rcuref_put include/linux/rcuref.h:173\n dst_release+0x5b/0x370 net/core/dst.c:168\n refdst_drop include/net/dst.h:272\n skb_dst_drop include/net/dst.h:284\n skb_release_head_state+0x293/0x400 net/core/skbuff.c:1163\n skb_release_all net/core/skbuff.c:1187\n[..]\nAllocated by task 9391:\n kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50 mm/kasan/common.c:57\n kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:78\n poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:398\n __kasan_kmalloc+0x9a/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:415\n kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:263\n __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5296\n __kmalloc_noprof+0x2f1/0x830 mm/slub.c:5308\n kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:954\n kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1188\n offload_action_alloc+0x2f/0x130 net/core/flow_offload.c:35\n tcf_action_offload_add_ex+0x1ba/0x880 net/sched/act_api.c:258\n tcf_action_offload_add net/sched/act_api.c:293\n tcf_action_init+0x66e/0xa20 net/sched/act_api.c:1547\n tcf_action_add+0xf6/0x5d0 net/sched/act_api.c:2101\n[..]\nFreed by task 9391:\n kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50 mm/kasan/common.c:57\n kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:78\n kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x70 mm/kasan/generic.c:584\n poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:253\n __kasan_slab_free+0x6b/0x90 mm/kasan/common.c:285\n kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:235\n slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2689\n slab_free mm/slub.c:6251\n kfree+0x21f/0x6b0 mm/slub.c:6566\n tcf_action_offload_add_ex+0x4ad/0x880 net/sched/act_api.c:284\n tcf_action_offload_add net/sched/act_api.c:293\n tcf_action_init+0x66e/0xa20 net/sched/act_api.c:1547\n tcf_action_add+0xf6/0x5d0 net/sched/act_api.c:2101\n\nThe buggy address belongs to the object at ffff88806158de00\n which belongs to the cache kmalloc-256 of size 256\nThe buggy address is located 64 bytes inside of\n freed 256-byte region [ffff88806158de00, ffff88806158df00)\n\nThe buggy address belongs to the physical page:\npage: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0xffff88806158d600 pfn:0x6158c\nhead: order:1 mapcount:0 entire_map\n---truncated---"
    }
  ],
  "lastModified": "2026-08-19T17:20:47.073",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
}