CVE-2026-97611
CVE CVE-2026-97611EUVD EUVD-2026-86742Published 2026-09-25T10:22:20.000ZLast changed 2026-09-25T14:41:33.000ZCVSS 7.8
What the advisory describes
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: openvswitch: fix use-after-free of the flow table mask array tbl_mask_array_realloc() retires the old mask_array before it stops being reachable: old = ovsl_dereference(tbl->mask_array); if (old) { ... call_rcu(&old->rcu, mask_array_rcu_cb); } rcu_assign_pointer(tbl->mask_array, new); call_rcu() only waits for read-side critical sections already in flight. tbl->mask_array still points at old between the call_rcu() and the rcu_assign_pointer(), so a reader entering ovs_flow_tbl_lookup_stats() in that window picks up old in a fresh critical section that the pending grace period does not cover. tbl_mask_array_realloc() runs in process context under ovs_mutex, so the window is preemptible and can outlast the grace period. Then mask_array_rcu_cb() frees old before the swap runs: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in flow_lookup.constprop.0+0x2bf/0x2f0 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888020b3e018 by task poc/741 flow_lookup.constprop.0+0x2bf/0x2f0 ovs_flow_tbl_lookup_stats+0x4a3/0x5c0 ovs_dp_process_packet+0x19c/0x710 ovs_vport_receive+0x243/0x390 internal_dev_xmit+0x81/0x170 Freed by task 728: kfree+0x16a/0x4e0 rcu_core+0x853/0x1030 Publish the new array before retiring the old one. The kfree_rcu() that call_rcu() replaced ran after the swap.
Source: EUVD (ENISA), in the words of the advisory.
Products the advisory names
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- Linux — Linux eac87c413bf9794c14d488998a5265ea5b32f04e <035e9c3722067648a99010711d0ce81f42572ef4; patch: 7.2.7; patch: 6.18.53; eac87c413bf9794c14d488998a5265ea5b32f04e <ba4ba11ed6eb8972c69070417fc27b48deb002e8; eac87c413bf9794c14d488998a5265ea5b32f04e <a0d18d21d48a551f82ee344e50efb8a682161489; eac87c413bf9794c14d488998a5265ea5b32f04e <cd982e11684def5d4a9fcfd5354de09032828414; patch: 6.12.111; 5.9; patch: 0; patch: 7.3-rc3
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- Linux — Linux
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