High severity · published May 27, 2026
CVE-2026-45998
rxrpc: Fix potential UAF after skb_unshare() failure
7.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rxrpc: Fix potential UAF after skb_unshare() failure
If skb_unshare() fails to unshare a packet due to allocation failure in
rxrpc_input_packet(), the skb pointer in the parent (rxrpc_io_thread())
will be NULL'd out. This will likely cause the call to
trace_rxrpc_rx_done() to oops.
Fix this by moving the unsharing down to where rxrpc_input_call_event()
calls rxrpc_input_call_packet(). There are a number of places prior to
that where we ignore DATA packets for a variety of reasons (such as the
call already being complete) for which an unshare is then avoided.
And with that, rxrpc_input_packet() doesn't need to take a pointer to the
pointer to the packet, so change that to just a pointer.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
6.2 before 6.6.140; 6.7 before 6.12.86; 6.13 before 6.18.27; 6.19 before 7.0.4 · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
2d1faf7a0ca3c0b327cf064c80e4e775532c9319 before e3bf143b1e98fb3d6d9e6825bcd683974d478e8c; 2d1faf7a0ca3c0b327cf064c80e4e775532c9319 before bf20f46d94f1db38e6ffc0ca204a5fe0de01b495; 2d1faf7a0ca3c0b327cf064c80e4e775532c9319 before 996b0487b3cdda4c91811dbb1c9564626bc840bd; 2d1faf7a0ca3c0b327cf064c80e4e775532c9319 before 8fde6296c4d4da2be7ab761305ab7f232b94eefd; 2d1faf7a0ca3c0b327cf064c80e4e775532c9319 before 1f2740150f904bfa60e4bad74d65add3ccb5e7f8; 6.2 · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45998
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-45998
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f2740150f904bfa60e4bad74d65add3ccb5e7f8
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fde6296c4d4da2be7ab761305ab7f232b94eefd
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/996b0487b3cdda4c91811dbb1c9564626bc840bd
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf20f46d94f1db38e6ffc0ca204a5fe0de01b495
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3bf143b1e98fb3d6d9e6825bcd683974d478e8c
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34911
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