In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: Fix potential UAF in reqsktimerhandler().
CVE-2026-99270
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: Fix potential UAF in reqsktimerhandler(). When TCP socket migration fails at inetehashinsert() in reqsktimerhandler(), we jump to the noownership: label and free the new reqsk immediately with reqskfree(). Thus, we must stop the new reqsk's timer before jumping to the label, but the timer might be missed since the cited commit, resulting in UAF. As we are in the original reqsk's timer context, we can safely call timerdeletesync() for the new reqsk. Let's pass false to inetcskreqskqueuedrop() to stop the new reqsk's timer.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 8.1 (v3.1)
- Severity
- High
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 3 November 2026
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
- Assigner
- Linux
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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