sockmap: Fix use-after-free in udp_bpf_recvmsg()
CVE-2026-74257 · published 15 Aug 2026
How serious is it
- Severity: high, CVSS score 7.8 out of 10.
- No exploit prediction (EPSS) score yet.
- Not on the CISA list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- No public exploit in Exploit-DB.
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Who is affected
- Linux Linux: 9f2470fbc4cb4583c080bb729a998933ba61aca4 to < 6b59007d95aeef6619a72f5ea51f58752c47c198, 9f2470fbc4cb4583c080bb729a998933ba61aca4 to < 05c29e7d42926170f0595c7188d60d8ecb665593, 9f2470fbc4cb4583c080bb729a998933ba61aca4 to < 81567d2b3f4dc4fc32f8b61433738bce2cafd4a1, 9f2470fbc4cb4583c080bb729a998933ba61aca4 to < 39d44ed6904bfa9a1c6d0538672dd50c7b85520e
- Linux Linux: 5.14
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The advisory
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sockmap: Fix use-after-free in udp_bpf_recvmsg()
syzbot reported use-after-free of struct sk_msg in sk_msg_recvmsg(). [0]
sk_msg_recvmsg() peeks sk_msg from psock->ingress_msg under a lock,
but its processing is lockless.
Thus, sk_msg_recvmsg() must be serialised by callers, otherwise
multiple threads could touch the same sk_msg.
For example, TCP uses lock_sock(), and AF_UNIX uses unix_sk(sk)->iolock.
Initially, udp_bpf_recvmsg() had used lock_sock(), but the cited
commit removed it.
Let's serialise sk_msg_recvmsg() with lock_sock() in udp_bpf_recvmsg().
Note that holding spin_lock_bh(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock) is not
an option due to copy_page_to_iter() in sk_msg_recvmsg().
[0]:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in sk_msg_recvmsg+0xb54/0xc30 net/core/skmsg.c:428
Read of size 4 at addr ffff88814cdcf000 by task syz.0.24/6020
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6020 Comm: syz.0.24 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/13/2026
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
print_report+0xba/0x230 mm/kasan/report.c:482
kasan_report+0x117/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595
sk_msg_recvmsg+0xb54/0xc30 net/core/skmsg.c:428
udp_bpf_recvmsg+0x4bd/0xe00 net/ipv4/udp_bpf.c:84
inet_recvmsg+0x260/0x270 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:891
sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:1078 [inline]
sock_recvmsg+0x1a8/0x270 net/socket.c:1100
____sys_recvmsg+0x1e6/0x4a0 net/socket.c:2812
___sys_recvmsg+0x215/0x590 net/socket.c:2854
do_recvmmsg+0x334/0x800 net/socket.c:2949
__sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3023 [inline]
__do_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3046 [inline]
__se_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3039 [inline]
__x64_sys_recvmmsg+0x198/0x250 net/socket.c:3039
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xe2/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7fb319f9aeb9
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007fb31ad97028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000012b
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fb31a216090 RCX: 00007fb319f9aeb9
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000200000000400 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007fb31a008c1f R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000040000021 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007fb31a216128 R14: 00007fb31a216090 R15: 00007ffe21dd0a98
</TASK>
Allocated by task 6019:
kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:57 [inline]
kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:78
poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:398 [inline]
__kasan_kmalloc+0x93/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:415
kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:263 [inline]
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x3d1/0x6e0 mm/slub.c:5780
kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:957 [inline]
kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1094 [inline]
alloc_sk_msg net/core/skmsg.c:510 [inline]
sk_psock_skb_ingress_self+0x60/0x350 net/core/skmsg.c:612
sk_psock_verdict_apply net/core/skmsg.c:1038 [inline]
sk_psock_verdict_recv+0x7d9/0x8d0 net/core/skmsg.c:1236
udp_read_skb+0x73e/0x7e0 net/ipv4/udp.c:2045
sk_psock_verdict_data_ready+0x12d/0x550 net/core/skmsg.c:1257
__udp_enqueue_schedule_skb+0xc54/0x10b0 net/ipv4/udp.c:1789
__udp_queue_rcv_skb net/ipv4/udp.c:2346 [inline]
udp_queue_rcv_one_skb+0xac5/0x19c0 net/ipv4/udp.c:2475
__udp4_lib_mcast_deliver+0xc06/0xcf0 net/ipv4/udp.c:2585
__udp4_lib_rcv+0x10f6/0x2620 net/ipv4/udp.c:2724
ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x282/0x440 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:207
ip_local_deliver_finish+0x3bb/0x6f0 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:241
NF_HOOK+0x336/0x3c0 include/linux/netfilter.h:318
dst_input include/net/dst.h:474 [inline]
ip_sublist_rcv_finish+0x221/0x2a0 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:584
ip_list_rcv_finish net/ipv4/ip_inp
---truncated---
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References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b59007d95aeef6619a72f5ea51f58752c47c198
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/05c29e7d42926170f0595c7188d60d8ecb665593
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/81567d2b3f4dc4fc32f8b61433738bce2cafd4a1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/39d44ed6904bfa9a1c6d0538672dd50c7b85520e
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c010995b29c8939c6aa69e3cb26f8dbee163d156
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