CVE-2026-43374: net: nexthop: fix percpu use-after-free in remove_nh_grp_entry
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: nexthop: fix percpu use-after-free in remove_nh_grp_entry When removing a nexthop from a group, remove_nh_grp_entry() publishes the new group via rcu_assign_pointer() then immediately frees the removed entry's percpu stats with free_percpu(). However, the synchronize_net() grace period in the caller remove_nexthop_from_groups() runs after the free. RCU readers that entered before the publish still see the old group and can dereference the freed stats via nh_grp_entry_stats_inc() -> get_cpu_ptr(nhge->stats), causing a use-after-free on percpu memory. Fix by deferring the free_percpu() until after synchronize_net() in the caller. Removed entries are chained via nh_list onto a local deferred free list. After the grace period completes and all RCU readers have finished, the percpu stats are safely freed.
Metrics
- CVSS v3.1
- 7.8
- Severity
- HIGH
- Fixed in
- 0
- Affected Products
- 2
Fix available
- Linux / Linux< abf4feaee6405f1441929c6ebe7a250f2cd170a7 (from f4676ea74b8549cd88dbfe2a592ce4530039e61f) · < ab5ebab9664214ba41a7633cb4e72f128204f924 (from f4676ea74b8549cd88dbfe2a592ce4530039e61f) · < 9e08ad731862b22a87cc55f752e16d66cdc9e231 (from f4676ea74b8549cd88dbfe2a592ce4530039e61f) · < b2662e7593e94ae09b1cf7ee5f09160a3612bcb2 (from f4676ea74b8549cd88dbfe2a592ce4530039e61f)
- Linux / Linux6.9Fixed in 0, 6.12.78, 6.18.19, 6.19.9, 7.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H