CVE-2026-31504: net: fix fanout UAF in packet_release() via NETDEV_UP race
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: fix fanout UAF in packet_release() via NETDEV_UP race `packet_release()` has a race window where `NETDEV_UP` can re-register a socket into a fanout group's `arr[]` array. The re-registration is not cleaned up by `fanout_release()`, leaving a dangling pointer in the fanout array. `packet_release()` does NOT zero `po->num` in its `bind_lock` section. After releasing `bind_lock`, `po->num` is still non-zero and `po->ifindex` still matches the bound device. A concurrent `packet_notifier(NETDEV_UP)` that already found the socket in `sklist` can re-register the hook. For fanout sockets, this re-registration calls `__fanout_link(sk, po)` which adds the socket back into `f->arr[]` and increments `f->num_members`, but does NOT increment `f->sk_ref`. The fix sets `po->num` to zero in `packet_release` while `bind_lock` is held to prevent NETDEV_UP from linking, preventing the race window. This bug was found following an additional audit with Claude Code based on CVE-2025-38617.
Metrics
- CVSS v3.1
- 7.8
- Severity
- HIGH
- Fixed in
- 0
- Affected Products
- 2
Fix available
- Linux / Linux< ee642b1962caa9aa231c01abbd58bc453ae6b66e (from ce06b03e60fc19c680d1bf873e779bf11c2fc518) · < 42cfd7898eeed290c9fb73f732af1f7d6b0a703e (from ce06b03e60fc19c680d1bf873e779bf11c2fc518) · < 1b4c03f8892d955385c202009af7485364731bb9 (from ce06b03e60fc19c680d1bf873e779bf11c2fc518) · < 654386baef228c2992dbf604c819e4c7c35fc71b (from ce06b03e60fc19c680d1bf873e779bf11c2fc518) · < 75fe6db23705a1d55160081f7b37db9665b1880b (from ce06b03e60fc19c680d1bf873e779bf11c2fc518) · < d0c7cdc15fdf8c4f91aca1928e52295d175b6ec6 (from ce06b03e60fc19c680d1bf873e779bf11c2fc518)
- Linux / Linux3.1Fixed in 0, 5.10.253, 5.15.203, 6.1.168, 6.6.131, 6.12.80, 6.18.21, 6.19.11, 7.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H