CVE-2026-53248

net: airoha: Fix use-after-free in metadata dst teardown

High · published June 25, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
27.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

net: airoha: Fix use-after-free in metadata dst teardown

airoha_metadata_dst_free() runs metadata_dst_free() which frees the

metadata_dst with kfree() immediately, bypassing the RCU grace period.

In the RX path, skb_dst_set_noref() sets a non-refcounted pointer from

the skb to the metadata_dst. This function requires RCU read-side

protection and the dst must remain valid until all RCU readers complete.

Since metadata_dst_free() calls kfree() directly, an use-after-free can

occur if any skb still holds a noref pointer to the dst when the driver

tears it down.

Replace metadata_dst_free() with dst_release() which properly goes

through the refcount path: when the refcount drops to zero, it schedules

the actual free via call_rcu_hurry(), ensuring all RCU readers have

completed before the memory is freed.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00353 · 27.8th percentile
Published
2026-06-25T08:39Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 JUN 08:39Z
    net: airoha: Fix use-after-free in metadata dst teardown
    cvelistv5