In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf, sockmap: Fix sk_redir use-after-free in send verdict sk_psock_…
CVE-2026-74589 · published 22 Aug 2026
How serious is it
- Severity: high, CVSS score 8.4 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: 4.20
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The advisory
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf, sockmap: Fix sk_redir use-after-free in send verdict
sk_psock_msg_verdict() takes a socket reference for psock->sk_redir.
tcp_bpf_send_verdict() copies that pointer while holding the source socket
lock, but does not take a reference for the local copy before dropping the
lock around tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir().
When apply_bytes keeps the cached verdict active, another sendmsg() on the
same source socket can consume the remaining bytes and release the cached
reference while the first thread still holds only the raw local pointer:
CPU 0 CPU 1
sk_redir = psock->sk_redir
apply_bytes remains nonzero
release_sock(sk)
lock_sock(sk)
apply_bytes reaches zero
psock->sk_redir = NULL
release_sock(sk)
tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir(sk_redir)
sock_put(sk_redir)
tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir(sk_redir)
The final sock_put() can free sk_redir before CPU 0 dereferences it.
KASAN reported:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir+0xf39/0x1020
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888108537090 by task poc/87
Call Trace:
tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir+0xf39/0x1020
tcp_bpf_sendmsg+0x977/0x1a50
__sys_sendto+0x32c/0x3a0
__x64_sys_sendto+0xdb/0x1b0
Allocated by task 85:
sk_prot_alloc+0x56/0x210
sk_clone+0x6f/0x14b0
inet_csk_clone_lock+0x24/0x740
tcp_create_openreq_child+0x25/0x2710
tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock+0x10a/0xe00
Freed by task 0:
__kasan_slab_free+0x43/0x70
slab_free_after_rcu_debug+0xa6/0x1e0
rcu_core+0x50a/0x1850
Last potentially related work creation:
__sk_destruct+0x3da/0x540
sk_psock_destroy+0x81e/0xab0
process_one_work+0x63a/0x1070
Take a temporary socket reference while the source socket lock still
protects psock->sk_redir, and drop it after tcp_bpf_sendmsg_redir()
returns. This keeps each unlocked use independent of cached-verdict
ownership.
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References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cec526cf0a2227395f2c2f4b671cb052ff0b00e
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/41b7da0cb72ca5aa1e62b68dab323d0791fc6bdf
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c9d9aa809c261dc0490a0e19d675f7e8e4c85bf
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/90a19b0894ba79a699b48cf44421b36fbd566e99
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b4fbc371a6ecf1b4e43b5a629015cc0830d8de3
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a14e4ef1d90c3418f01b3b6b8fd3a40a0a208a10
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a76624733730e541e4955fdecf506af2f6b20558
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d192cff2a37d59206dabe6ec2e60ceac6271f274
Merged from NVD. Last updated 24 Oct 2026. All vulnerabilities · RSS · JSON