CVE-2026-74589bpf, sockmap: Fix sk_redir use-after-free in send verdict
- 8.4HighCVSS base score
- 0.14%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 97% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf, sockmap: Fix sk_redir use-after-free in send verdict sk_psock_msg_verdict() takes a socket reference for psock->sk_redir. tcp_bpf_send_verdict() copies that pointer while holding the source socket lock, but does not take a reference for the local copy before dropping the lock around tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir(). When apply_bytes keeps the cached verdict active, another sendmsg() on the same source socket can consume the remaining bytes and release the cached reference while the first thread still holds only the raw local pointer: CPU 0 CPU 1 sk_redir = psock->sk_redir apply_bytes remains nonzero release_sock(sk) lock_sock(sk) apply_bytes reaches zero psock->sk_redir = NULL release_sock(sk) tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir(sk_redir) sock_put(sk_redir) tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir(sk_redir) The final sock_put() can free sk_redir before CPU 0 dereferences it. KASAN reported: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir+0xf39/0x1020 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888108537090 by task poc/87 Call Trace: tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir+0xf39/0x1020 tcp_bpf_sendmsg+0x977/0x1a50 __sys_sendto+0x32c/0x3a0 __x64_sys_sendto+0xdb/0x1b0 Allocated by task 85: sk_prot_alloc+0x56/0x210 sk_clone+0x6f/0x14b0 inet_csk_clone_lock+0x24/0x740 tcp_create_openreq_child+0x25/0x2710 tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock+0x10a/0xe00 Freed by task 0: __kasan_slab_free+0x43/0x70 slab_free_after_rcu_debug+0xa6/0x1e0 rcu_core+0x50a/0x1850 Last potentially related work creation: __sk_destruct+0x3da/0x540 sk_psock_destroy+0x81e/0xab0 process_one_work+0x63a/0x1070 Take a temporary socket reference while the source socket lock still protects psock->sk_redir, and drop it after tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir() returns. This keeps each unlocked use independent of cached-verdict ownership.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 7 days later
· 7 days later
Published
- 55 days later
· 55 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| LinuxCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Received | 3.1 | High8.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.14% · top 97% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.4.
Affected products
- affected 604326b41a6fb9b4a78b6179335decee0365cd8c – < 41b7da0cb72ca5aa1e62b68dab323d0791fc6bdf
- affected 604326b41a6fb9b4a78b6179335decee0365cd8c – < 9b4fbc371a6ecf1b4e43b5a629015cc0830d8de3
- affected 604326b41a6fb9b4a78b6179335decee0365cd8c – < 90a19b0894ba79a699b48cf44421b36fbd566e99
- affected 604326b41a6fb9b4a78b6179335decee0365cd8c – < d192cff2a37d59206dabe6ec2e60ceac6271f274
- affected 604326b41a6fb9b4a78b6179335decee0365cd8c – < 4c9d9aa809c261dc0490a0e19d675f7e8e4c85bf
- affected 604326b41a6fb9b4a78b6179335decee0365cd8c – < a14e4ef1d90c3418f01b3b6b8fd3a40a0a208a10
- affected 604326b41a6fb9b4a78b6179335decee0365cd8c – < 1cec526cf0a2227395f2c2f4b671cb052ff0b00e
- affected 604326b41a6fb9b4a78b6179335decee0365cd8c – < a76624733730e541e4955fdecf506af2f6b20558
- affected 4.20
- unaffected < 4.20
- unaffected 5.10.265 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.216 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.183 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.152 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.104 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.18.45 – ≤ 6.18.*
- unaffected 7.1.9 – ≤ 7.1.*
- unaffected 7.2 – ≤ *
References
References8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41b7da0cb72ca5aa1e62b68dab323d0791fc6bdf (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b4fbc371a6ecf1b4e43b5a629015cc0830d8de3 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90a19b0894ba79a699b48cf44421b36fbd566e99 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d192cff2a37d59206dabe6ec2e60ceac6271f274 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c9d9aa809c261dc0490a0e19d675f7e8e4c85bf (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a14e4ef1d90c3418f01b3b6b8fd3a40a0a208a10 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cec526cf0a2227395f2c2f4b671cb052ff0b00e (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a76624733730e541e4955fdecf506af2f6b20558 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-64526 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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