CVE-2026-43011
Critical · CVSS 9.8Linux Kernel — Double free of socket buffer (skb) in X.25 network protocol handler (CWE-415)
- CVSS
- 9.8
- nvd
- EPSS
- 0.51%
- 40th pct
- KEV
- No
- Class
- oss containerizable
- CWE-415
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/x25: Fix potential double free of skb When alloc_skb fails in x25_queue_rx_frame it calls kfree_skb(skb) at line 48 and returns 1 (error). This error propagates back through the call chain: x25_queue_rx_frame returns 1 | v x25_state3_machine receives the return value 1 and takes the else branch at line 278, setting queued=0 and returning 0 | v x25_process_rx_frame returns queued=0 | v x25_backlog_rcv at line 452 sees queued=0 and calls kfree_skb(skb) again This would free the same skb twice. Looking at x25_backlog_rcv: net/x25/x25_in.c:x25_backlog_rcv() { ... queued = x25_process_rx_frame(sk, skb); ... if (!queued) kfree_skb(skb); }
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Affected packages
| Linux | Kernel | 2.6.12 → 5.10.253 |
| Linux | Kernel | 5.11.0 → 5.15.203 |
| Linux | Kernel | 5.16.0 → 6.1.168 |
| Linux | Kernel | 6.13.0 → 6.18.22 |
| Linux | Kernel | 6.19.0 → 6.19.12 |
| Linux | Kernel | 6.2.0 → 6.6.134 |
| Linux | Kernel | 6.7.0 → 6.12.81 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/143d4fa68ae9efb83b0c55b12cc7f0d03732a2b1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f5e3005984645bf5bd129c6b13149879580b1fb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/524371398d8463ea7e101fce2cbf3915645d1730
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d0aa038a90b30c9bedde0c41c1fdcd98ecb16e9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c87dd137c0dad07cc55f98181ff380b0c23d2878
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d10a26aa4d072320530e6968ef945c8c575edf61
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f782dd382203b2a8c4552a628431b7de65a19a7b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa1dbc93530b34fab0da9862426fe9c918c74dc0
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
Status: enriched · ingested 2026-07-14T18:00:20.000Z · profiled 2026-07-14T18:30:20.000Z