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CVE-2026-72493

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  • Advisory severityMedium5.5

    Medium [CVE-2026-72493] serialize netif_running check in enqueue_to_backlog

    CVE-2026-72493Source published Source updated

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: serialize netif_running() check in enqueue_to_backlog() Syzbot reported a KASAN slab-use-after-free in fib_rules_lookup(). The root cause is a race condition where packets can escape the backlog flushing during device unregistration (e.g., during netns exit). Commit e9e4dd3267d0 ("net: do not process device backlog during unregistration") introduced a lockless netif_running() check in enqueue_to_backlog() to prevent queuing packets to an unregistering device. However, this creates a TOCTOU race window. A lockless transmitter (like veth_xmit) can pass the check before dev_close() clears IFF_UP. If the transmitter is then delayed, flush_all_backlogs() can run and finish before the transmitter grabs the backlog lock…

    Affected products in this advisory
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

    2 more entries in the full advisory.

    Source-reported affected versions
    Affected-version details not available in this record.
    Source-reported fixed versions
    No fixed-version detail extracted. This does not mean no fix exists.
    Mitigation guidance
    No mitigation guidance extracted; consult the source.

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