CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-23437

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.13%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel net: shaper, late read accesses to the hierarchy after converting a reference to a locked net_device did not check if the device was unregistered. This can lead to use-after-free.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can cause a system crash by unregistering a net_device during a Netlink operation, leading to access to freed memory.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that adds a liveness check for the net_device before accessing the shaper hierarchy.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: shaper: protect late read accesses to the hierarchy We look up a netdev during prep of Netlink ops (pre- callbacks) and take a ref to it. Then later in the body of the callback we take its lock or RCU which are the actual protections. This is not proper, a conversion from a ref to a locked netdev must include a liveness check (a check if the netdev hasn't been unregistered already). Fix the read cases (those under RCU). Writes needs a separate change to protect from creating the hierarchy after flush has already run.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS