CVE-2026-98374
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tcp: fix use-after-free of retransmit_skb_hint in tcp_send_synack()
When tcp_send_synack() replaces the cloned SYN skb at the head of the retransmit queue with a copy, it frees the original with tcp_rtx_queue_unlink_and_free() and only repairs tp->highest_sack. tp->retransmit_skb_hint keeps pointing at the freed skbuff_fclone_cache object.
The dangling hint is read in tcp_verify_retransmit_hint() and used as the root of the rbtree walk in tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue(). An unprivileged TFO client (sendmsg(MSG_FASTOPEN)) can arm the hint with an attacker-supplied ICMP fragmentation-needed message, after which a simultaneous open frees the armed SYN skb:
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Sync the hint to the copy.
Detalles técnicos trazas, registros y código del informe original
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tcp_mark_skb_lost (net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:1316) Read of size 4 at addr ffff88800604d928 by task swapper/1/0 Call Trace: tcp_mark_skb_lost (net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:1316) tcp_simple_retransmit (net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:3158) tcp_v4_err (net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:587)
CVSS
NVD no ha asignado puntuación CVSS a esta CVE (habitual desde el cambio de política de abril de 2026).
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
FIRST aún no ha puntuado esta CVE (habitual en CVEs muy recientes o rechazadas).
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).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f87720c7e4bcab07c24888b3cf12bfe857bb90e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/631aa4cb45099f09e9385dd786bd291c6270bfc4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71d45049b0d631dfdbf3c65305f7fca676de023b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5b4da1f403a658c1c19766be2b426003ada419f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3ea71cb1408a013ed4e8a757b815f1a919324bd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fad6d429651e748365e93ca54645accc212f0018
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe99bbeee5c5dbd3abc30721a8079ced59649d97
JSON original (NVD)
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