Critical severity · published Jun 25, 2026
CVE-2026-53175
inet: frags: fix use-after-free caused by the fqdir_pre_exit() flush
9.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
inet: frags: fix use-after-free caused by the fqdir_pre_exit() flush
On netns teardown, fqdir_pre_exit() walks the fqdir rhashtable and
flushes every fragment queue that is not yet complete using
inet_frag_queue_flush(). That helper frees all the skbs queued on the
fragment queue but does not set INET_FRAG_COMPLETE, and leaves
q->fragments_tail and q->last_run_head pointing at the freed skbs.
The queue itself stays in the rhashtable.
fqdir_pre_exit() first lowers high_thresh to 0 to stop new queue lookups,
but it cannot stop a fragment that already obtained the queue through
inet_frag_find() earlier and stalled just before taking the queue lock.
Once that fragment resumes after the flush and takes the queue lock,
it passes the INET_FRAG_COMPLETE check and then dereferences the freed
fragments_tail. inet_frag_queue_insert() reads FRAG_CB() and ->len of
that pointer and, on the append path, writes ->next_frag, causing a
slab use-after-free. IPv6, nf_conntrack_reasm6 and 6lowpan reassembly
share the same flush path and are affected as well.
Reset rb_fragments, fragments_tail and last_run_head in
inet_frag_queue_flush() so a flushed queue no longer points at the
freed skbs. A fragment that resumes after the flush and takes the
queue lock then finds an empty queue and starts a new run instead of
dereferencing the freed fragments_tail. ip_frag_reinit() already
performed this reset after its own flush, so drop the now duplicate
code there.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 24% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
6.18.3 before 6.18.36; 6.19.1 before 7.0.13; 6.12.93; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; +12 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
22ee4010866da81aeee08e1ea3fddbe418feb212 before 0e823ca0e7391630784ae7dd0981b7ad170a93d9; 543555954b1ee8d1903a7020324efb41b0c97428 before c22599cc90e1cd5f8129c8670bd68a02ff7177b4; c70df25214ac9b32b53e18e6ae3b8f073ffa6903 before 89b909e9704587bfecc1aab1d37e98faee03b9f9; 006a5035b495dec008805df249f92c22c89c3d2e before 010c3313a4d178dc2d3ce958d2e5cb055e2864c1; 006a5035b495dec008805df249f92c22c89c3d2e before 32594b09854970d7ba83eb2dc8c69a2edd158c8e; 6.12.93 before 6.12.94; +2 more · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53175
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53175
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/010c3313a4d178dc2d3ce958d2e5cb055e2864c1
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e823ca0e7391630784ae7dd0981b7ad170a93d9
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32594b09854970d7ba83eb2dc8c69a2edd158c8e
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89b909e9704587bfecc1aab1d37e98faee03b9f9
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c22599cc90e1cd5f8129c8670bd68a02ff7177b4
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53175
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