Security Vulnerabilities - CVEs Published In April 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
af_key: validate families in pfkey_send_migrate()
syzbot was able to trigger a crash in skb_put() [1]
Issue is that pfkey_send_migrate() does not check old/new families,
and that set_ipsecrequest() @family argument was truncated,
thus possibly overfilling the skb.
Validate families early, do not wait set_ipsecrequest().
[1]
skbuff: skb_over_panic: text:ffffffff8a752120 len:392 put:16 head:ffff88802a4ad040 data:ffff88802a4ad040 tail:0x188 end:0x180 dev:<NULL>
kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:214 !
Call Trace:
<TASK>
skb_over_panic net/core/skbuff.c:219 [inline]
skb_put+0x159/0x210 net/core/skbuff.c:2655
skb_put_zero include/linux/skbuff.h:2788 [inline]
set_ipsecrequest net/key/af_key.c:3532 [inline]
pfkey_send_migrate+0x1270/0x2e50 net/key/af_key.c:3636
km_migrate+0x155/0x260 net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c:2848
xfrm_migrate+0x2140/0x2450 net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c:4705
xfrm_do_migrate+0x8ff/0xaa0 net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c:3150
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-04-22
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iavf: fix out-of-bounds writes in iavf_get_ethtool_stats()
iavf incorrectly uses real_num_tx_queues for ETH_SS_STATS. Since the
value could change in runtime, we should use num_tx_queues instead.
Moreover iavf_get_ethtool_stats() uses num_active_queues while
iavf_get_sset_count() and iavf_get_stat_strings() use
real_num_tx_queues, which triggers out-of-bounds writes when we do
"ethtool -L" and "ethtool -S" simultaneously [1].
For example when we change channels from 1 to 8, Thread 3 could be
scheduled before Thread 2, and out-of-bounds writes could be triggered
in Thread 3:
Thread 1 (ethtool -L) Thread 2 (work) Thread 3 (ethtool -S)
iavf_set_channels()
...
iavf_alloc_queues()
-> num_active_queues = 8
iavf_schedule_finish_config()
iavf_get_sset_count()
real_num_tx_queues: 1
-> buffer for 1 queue
iavf_get_ethtool_stats()
num_active_queues: 8
-> out-of-bounds!
iavf_finish_config()
-> real_num_tx_queues = 8
Use immutable num_tx_queues in all related functions to avoid the issue.
[1]
BUG: KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds in iavf_add_one_ethtool_stat+0x200/0x270
Write of size 8 at addr ffffc900031c9080 by task ethtool/5800
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5800 Comm: ethtool Not tainted 6.19.0-enjuk-08403-g8137e3db7f1c #241 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x6f/0xb0
print_report+0x170/0x4f3
kasan_report+0xe1/0x180
iavf_add_one_ethtool_stat+0x200/0x270
iavf_get_ethtool_stats+0x14c/0x2e0
__dev_ethtool+0x3d0c/0x5830
dev_ethtool+0x12d/0x270
dev_ioctl+0x53c/0xe30
sock_do_ioctl+0x1a9/0x270
sock_ioctl+0x3d4/0x5e0
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x137/0x1c0
do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x690
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f7da0e6e36d
...
</TASK>
The buggy address belongs to a 1-page vmalloc region starting at 0xffffc900031c9000 allocated at __dev_ethtool+0x3cc9/0x5830
The buggy address belongs to the physical page: page: refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000
index:0xffff88813a013de0 pfn:0x13a013
flags: 0x200000000000000(node=0|zone=2)
raw: 0200000000000000 0000000000000000 dead000000000122 0000000000000000
raw: ffff88813a013de0 0000000000000000 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
Memory state around the buggy address:
ffffc900031c8f80: f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8
ffffc900031c9000: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
>ffffc900031c9080: f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8
^
ffffc900031c9100: f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8
ffffc900031c9180: f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8 f8
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-04-22
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: bcmasp: fix double free of WoL irq
We do not need to free wol_irq since it was instantiated with
devm_request_irq(). So devres will free for us.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-04-22
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
nfc: nci: fix circular locking dependency in nci_close_device
nci_close_device() flushes rx_wq and tx_wq while holding req_lock.
This causes a circular locking dependency because nci_rx_work()
running on rx_wq can end up taking req_lock too:
nci_rx_work -> nci_rx_data_packet -> nci_data_exchange_complete
-> __sk_destruct -> rawsock_destruct -> nfc_deactivate_target
-> nci_deactivate_target -> nci_request -> mutex_lock(&ndev->req_lock)
Move the flush of rx_wq after req_lock has been released.
This should safe (I think) because NCI_UP has already been cleared
and the transport is closed, so the work will see it and return
-ENETDOWN.
NIPA has been hitting this running the nci selftest with a debug
kernel on roughly 4% of the runs.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-04-22
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: fix fanout UAF in packet_release() via NETDEV_UP race
`packet_release()` has a race window where `NETDEV_UP` can re-register a
socket into a fanout group's `arr[]` array. The re-registration is not
cleaned up by `fanout_release()`, leaving a dangling pointer in the fanout
array.
`packet_release()` does NOT zero `po->num` in its `bind_lock` section.
After releasing `bind_lock`, `po->num` is still non-zero and `po->ifindex`
still matches the bound device. A concurrent `packet_notifier(NETDEV_UP)`
that already found the socket in `sklist` can re-register the hook.
For fanout sockets, this re-registration calls `__fanout_link(sk, po)`
which adds the socket back into `f->arr[]` and increments `f->num_members`,
but does NOT increment `f->sk_ref`.
The fix sets `po->num` to zero in `packet_release` while `bind_lock` is
held to prevent NETDEV_UP from linking, preventing the race window.
This bug was found following an additional audit with Claude Code based
on CVE-2025-38617.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-04-22
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/smc: fix double-free of smc_spd_priv when tee() duplicates splice pipe buffer
smc_rx_splice() allocates one smc_spd_priv per pipe_buffer and stores
the pointer in pipe_buffer.private. The pipe_buf_operations for these
buffers used .get = generic_pipe_buf_get, which only increments the page
reference count when tee(2) duplicates a pipe buffer. The smc_spd_priv
pointer itself was not handled, so after tee() both the original and the
cloned pipe_buffer share the same smc_spd_priv *.
When both pipes are subsequently released, smc_rx_pipe_buf_release() is
called twice against the same object:
1st call: kfree(priv) sock_put(sk) smc_rx_update_cons() [correct]
2nd call: kfree(priv) sock_put(sk) smc_rx_update_cons() [UAF]
KASAN reports a slab-use-after-free in smc_rx_pipe_buf_release(), which
then escalates to a NULL-pointer dereference and kernel panic via
smc_rx_update_consumer() when it chases the freed priv->smc pointer:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in smc_rx_pipe_buf_release+0x78/0x2a0
Read of size 8 at addr ffff888004a45740 by task smc_splice_tee_/74
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x53/0x70
print_report+0xce/0x650
kasan_report+0xc6/0x100
smc_rx_pipe_buf_release+0x78/0x2a0
free_pipe_info+0xd4/0x130
pipe_release+0x142/0x160
__fput+0x1c6/0x490
__x64_sys_close+0x4f/0x90
do_syscall_64+0xa6/0x1a0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
</TASK>
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020
RIP: 0010:smc_rx_update_consumer+0x8d/0x350
Call Trace:
<TASK>
smc_rx_pipe_buf_release+0x121/0x2a0
free_pipe_info+0xd4/0x130
pipe_release+0x142/0x160
__fput+0x1c6/0x490
__x64_sys_close+0x4f/0x90
do_syscall_64+0xa6/0x1a0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
</TASK>
Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
Beyond the memory-safety problem, duplicating an SMC splice buffer is
semantically questionable: smc_rx_update_cons() would advance the
consumer cursor twice for the same data, corrupting receive-window
accounting. A refcount on smc_spd_priv could fix the double-free, but
the cursor-accounting issue would still need to be addressed separately.
The .get callback is invoked by both tee(2) and splice_pipe_to_pipe()
for partial transfers; both will now return -EFAULT. Users who need
to duplicate SMC socket data must use a copy-based read path.
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-04-22
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: openvswitch: Avoid releasing netdev before teardown completes
The patch cited in the Fixes tag below changed the teardown code for
OVS ports to no longer unconditionally take the RTNL. After this change,
the netdev_destroy() callback can proceed immediately to the call_rcu()
invocation if the IFF_OVS_DATAPATH flag is already cleared on the
netdev.
The ovs_netdev_detach_dev() function clears the flag before completing
the unregistration, and if it gets preempted after clearing the flag (as
can happen on an -rt kernel), netdev_destroy() can complete and the
device can be freed before the unregistration completes. This leads to a
splat like:
[ 998.393867] Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xff00000001000239: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI
[ 998.393877] CPU: 42 UID: 0 PID: 55177 Comm: ip Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.12.0-211.1.1.el10_2.x86_64+rt #1 PREEMPT_RT
[ 998.393886] Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R740/0JMK61, BIOS 2.24.0 03/27/2025
[ 998.393889] RIP: 0010:dev_set_promiscuity+0x8d/0xa0
[ 998.393901] Code: 00 00 75 d8 48 8b 53 08 48 83 ba b0 02 00 00 00 75 ca 48 83 c4 08 5b c3 cc cc cc cc 48 83 bf 48 09 00 00 00 75 91 48 8b 47 08 <48> 83 b8 b0 02 00 00 00 74 97 eb 81 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 90 90 90
[ 998.393906] RSP: 0018:ffffce5864a5f6a0 EFLAGS: 00010246
[ 998.393912] RAX: ff00000000ffff89 RBX: ffff894d0adf5a05 RCX: 0000000000000000
[ 998.393917] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000ffffffff RDI: ffff894d0adf5a05
[ 998.393921] RBP: ffff894d19252000 R08: ffff894d19252000 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 998.393924] R10: ffff894d19252000 R11: ffff894d192521b8 R12: 0000000000000006
[ 998.393927] R13: ffffce5864a5f738 R14: 00000000ffffffe2 R15: 0000000000000000
[ 998.393931] FS: 00007fad61971800(0000) GS:ffff894cc0140000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 998.393936] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 998.393940] CR2: 000055df0a2a6e40 CR3: 000000011c7fe003 CR4: 00000000007726f0
[ 998.393944] PKRU: 55555554
[ 998.393946] Call Trace:
[ 998.393949] <TASK>
[ 998.393952] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1b0/0x2f0
[ 998.393961] ? show_trace_log_lvl+0x1b0/0x2f0
[ 998.393975] ? dp_device_event+0x41/0x80 [openvswitch]
[ 998.394009] ? __die_body.cold+0x8/0x12
[ 998.394016] ? die_addr+0x3c/0x60
[ 998.394027] ? exc_general_protection+0x16d/0x390
[ 998.394042] ? asm_exc_general_protection+0x26/0x30
[ 998.394058] ? dev_set_promiscuity+0x8d/0xa0
[ 998.394066] ? ovs_netdev_detach_dev+0x3a/0x80 [openvswitch]
[ 998.394092] dp_device_event+0x41/0x80 [openvswitch]
[ 998.394102] notifier_call_chain+0x5a/0xd0
[ 998.394106] unregister_netdevice_many_notify+0x51b/0xa60
[ 998.394110] rtnl_dellink+0x169/0x3e0
[ 998.394121] ? rt_mutex_slowlock.constprop.0+0x95/0xd0
[ 998.394125] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x142/0x3f0
[ 998.394128] ? avc_has_perm_noaudit+0x69/0xf0
[ 998.394130] ? __pfx_rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10
[ 998.394132] netlink_rcv_skb+0x50/0x100
[ 998.394138] netlink_unicast+0x292/0x3f0
[ 998.394141] netlink_sendmsg+0x21b/0x470
[ 998.394145] ____sys_sendmsg+0x39d/0x3d0
[ 998.394149] ___sys_sendmsg+0x9a/0xe0
[ 998.394156] __sys_sendmsg+0x7a/0xd0
[ 998.394160] do_syscall_64+0x7f/0x170
[ 998.394162] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
[ 998.394165] RIP: 0033:0x7fad61bf4724
[ 998.394188] Code: 89 02 b8 ff ff ff ff eb bb 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 00 f3 0f 1e fa 80 3d c5 e9 0c 00 00 74 13 b8 2e 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 54 c3 0f 1f 00 48 83 ec 28 89 54 24 1c 48 89
[ 998.394189] RSP: 002b:00007ffd7e2f7cb8 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
[ 998.394191] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000001 RCX: 00007fad61bf4724
[ 998.394193] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00007ffd7e2f7d20 RDI: 0000000000000003
[ 998.394194] RBP: 00007ffd7e2f7d90 R08: 0000000000000010 R09: 000000000000003f
[ 998.394195] R10: 000055df11558010 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 00007ffd7e2
---truncated---
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-04-22
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix ERTM re-init and zero pdu_len infinite loop
l2cap_config_req() processes CONFIG_REQ for channels in BT_CONNECTED
state to support L2CAP reconfiguration (e.g. MTU changes). However,
since both CONF_INPUT_DONE and CONF_OUTPUT_DONE are already set from
the initial configuration, the reconfiguration path falls through to
l2cap_ertm_init(), which re-initializes tx_q, srej_q, srej_list, and
retrans_list without freeing the previous allocations and sets
chan->sdu to NULL without freeing the existing skb. This leaks all
previously allocated ERTM resources.
Additionally, l2cap_parse_conf_req() does not validate the minimum
value of remote_mps derived from the RFC max_pdu_size option. A zero
value propagates to l2cap_segment_sdu() where pdu_len becomes zero,
causing the while loop to never terminate since len is never
decremented, exhausting all available memory.
Fix the double-init by skipping l2cap_ertm_init() and
l2cap_chan_ready() when the channel is already in BT_CONNECTED state,
while still allowing the reconfiguration parameters to be updated
through l2cap_parse_conf_req(). Also add a pdu_len zero check in
l2cap_segment_sdu() as a safeguard.
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-04-22
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix deadlock in l2cap_conn_del()
l2cap_conn_del() calls cancel_delayed_work_sync() for both info_timer
and id_addr_timer while holding conn->lock. However, the work functions
l2cap_info_timeout() and l2cap_conn_update_id_addr() both acquire
conn->lock, creating a potential AB-BA deadlock if the work is already
executing when l2cap_conn_del() takes the lock.
Move the work cancellations before acquiring conn->lock and use
disable_delayed_work_sync() to additionally prevent the works from
being rearmed after cancellation, consistent with the pattern used in
hci_conn_del().
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-04-22
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Bluetooth: btintel: serialize btintel_hw_error() with hci_req_sync_lock
btintel_hw_error() issues two __hci_cmd_sync() calls (HCI_OP_RESET
and Intel exception-info retrieval) without holding
hci_req_sync_lock(). This lets it race against
hci_dev_do_close() -> btintel_shutdown_combined(), which also runs
__hci_cmd_sync() under the same lock. When both paths manipulate
hdev->req_status/req_rsp concurrently, the close path may free the
response skb first, and the still-running hw_error path hits a
slab-use-after-free in kfree_skb().
Wrap the whole recovery sequence in hci_req_sync_lock/unlock so it
is serialized with every other synchronous HCI command issuer.
Below is the data race report and the kasan report:
BUG: data-race in __hci_cmd_sync_sk / btintel_shutdown_combined
read of hdev->req_rsp at net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:199
by task kworker/u17:1/83:
__hci_cmd_sync_sk+0x12f2/0x1c30 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:200
__hci_cmd_sync+0x55/0x80 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:223
btintel_hw_error+0x114/0x670 drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c:254
hci_error_reset+0x348/0xa30 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:1030
write/free by task ioctl/22580:
btintel_shutdown_combined+0xd0/0x360
drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c:3648
hci_dev_close_sync+0x9ae/0x2c10 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:5246
hci_dev_do_close+0x232/0x460 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:526
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in
sk_skb_reason_drop+0x43/0x380 net/core/skbuff.c:1202
Read of size 4 at addr ffff888144a738dc
by task kworker/u17:1/83:
__hci_cmd_sync_sk+0x12f2/0x1c30 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:200
__hci_cmd_sync+0x55/0x80 net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c:223
btintel_hw_error+0x186/0x670 drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c:260
CVSS Score
7.8
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-04-22