CVE-2026-43481

net-shapers: don't free reply skb after genlmsg_reply()

High · published May 13, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net-shapers: don't free reply skb after genlmsg_reply()

genlmsg_reply() hands the reply skb to netlink, and

netlink_unicast() consumes it on all return paths, whether the

skb is queued successfully or freed on an error path.

net_shaper_nl_get_doit() and net_shaper_nl_cap_get_doit()

currently jump to free_msg after genlmsg_reply() fails and call

nlmsg_free(msg), which can hit the same skb twice.

Return the genlmsg_reply() error directly and keep free_msg

only for pre-reply failures.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00173 · 6.4th percentile
Published
2026-05-13T15:08Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 MAY 15:08Z
    net-shapers: don't free reply skb after genlmsg_reply()
    cvelistv5