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CVE-2026-31533

Critical · CVSS 9.8

Linux Kernel — Use-After-Free (CWE-416) in TLS encryption async/backlog error path

CVSS
9.8
nvd
EPSS
0.26%
18th pct
KEV
No
Class
oss containerizable
CWE-416

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/tls: fix use-after-free in -EBUSY error path of tls_do_encryption The -EBUSY handling in tls_do_encryption(), introduced by commit 859054147318 ("net: tls: handle backlogging of crypto requests"), has a use-after-free due to double cleanup of encrypt_pending and the scatterlist entry. When crypto_aead_encrypt() returns -EBUSY, the request is enqueued to the cryptd backlog and the async callback tls_encrypt_done() will be invoked upon completion. That callback unconditionally restores the scatterlist entry (sge->offset, sge->length) and decrements ctx->encrypt_pending. However, if tls_encrypt_async_wait() returns an error, the synchronous error path in tls_do_encryption() performs the same cleanup again, double-decrementing encrypt_pending and double-restoring the scatterlist. The double-decrement corrupts the encrypt_pending sentinel (initialized to 1), making tls_encrypt_async_wait() permanently skip the wait for pending async callbacks. A subsequent sendmsg can then free the tls_rec via bpf_exec_tx_verdict() while a cryptd callback is still pending, resulting in a use-after-free when the callback fires on the freed record. Fix this by skipping the synchronous cleanup when the -EBUSY async wait returns an error, since the callback has already handled encrypt_pending and sge restoration.

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Symbols tls_do_encryptiontls_encrypt_donetls_encrypt_async_waitencrypt_pendingcrypto_aead_encryptbpf_exec_tx_verdicttls_recEBUSYcryptdsge->offsetsge->length859054147318
Keywords CVE-2026-31533net/tlsuse-after-freetls_do_encryptionEBUSYencrypt_pendingtls_encrypt_donecryptd backlogLinux kernel TLSasync crypto callback UAFdouble cleanup scatterlist
Versions: Fixed in commits: 02f3ecadb235, 0e43e0a3c940, 2694d408b0e5, 414fc5e5a5af, 5d70eb25b41e

Affected packages

Linux Kernel 0 → 5.15.203
Linux Kernel 5.16.0 → 6.1.169
Linux Kernel 6.13.0 → 6.19.13
Linux Kernel 6.2.0 → 6.6.135
Linux Kernel 6.7.0 → 6.12.82
Linux Kernel 6.8.0 → 6.18.23

References

Status: enriched · ingested 2026-07-14T18:00:20.000Z · profiled 2026-07-14T18:30:20.000Z