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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2026-53275

Change History

New CVE Received from kernel.org 6/25/2026 5:16:45 AM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Description

                  
                
              
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ipv6: mcast: Fix use-after-free when processing MLD queries

When processing an MLD query, a pointer to the multicast group address
is retrieved when initially parsing the packet. This pointer is later
dereferenced without being reloaded despite the fact that the skb header
might have been reallocated following the pskb_may_pull() calls, leading
to a use-after-free [1].

Fix by copying the multicast group address when the packet is initially
parsed.

[1]
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __mld_query_work (net/ipv6/mcast.c:1512)
Read of size 8 at addr ffff8881154b8e90 by task kworker/4:1/118

Workqueue: mld mld_query_work
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:94 lib/dump_stack.c:120)
print_address_description.constprop.0 (mm/kasan/report.c:378)
print_report (mm/kasan/report.c:482)
kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:595)
__mld_query_work (net/ipv6/mcast.c:1512)
mld_query_work (net/ipv6/mcast.c:1563)
process_one_work (kernel/workqueue.c:3314)
worker_thread (kernel/workqueue.c:3397 kernel/workqueue.c:3478)
kthread (kernel/kthread.c:436)
ret_from_fork (arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158)
ret_from_fork_asm (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245)
</TASK>

[...]

Freed by task 118:
kasan_save_stack (mm/kasan/common.c:57)
kasan_save_track (mm/kasan/common.c:78)
kasan_save_free_info (mm/kasan/generic.c:584)
__kasan_slab_free (mm/kasan/common.c:253 mm/kasan/common.c:285)
kfree (./include/linux/kasan.h:235 mm/slub.c:2689 mm/slub.c:6251 mm/slub.c:6566)
pskb_expand_head (net/core/skbuff.c:2335)
__pskb_pull_tail (net/core/skbuff.c:2878 (discriminator 4))
__mld_query_work (net/ipv6/mcast.c:1495 (discriminator 1))
mld_query_work (net/ipv6/mcast.c:1563)
process_one_work (kernel/workqueue.c:3314)
worker_thread (kernel/workqueue.c:3397 kernel/workqueue.c:3478)
kthread (kernel/kthread.c:436)
ret_from_fork (arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158)
ret_from_fork_asm (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245)
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/087dbacf897c020f438f780f0a4a8aa73b6d7c5a
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1354271c89d0e5fbf8b3d94097ff0216695209c7
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a613bf497029d555a7428406aa8cdb84a503cea
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4203806f700bb44ea0b05d484d9d40044b47fb04
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53baa63a4183291574483f89583dbef13677a2c4
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/791c91dc7a9dfb2457d5e29b8216a6484b9c4b40
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2eb8886200b907fc71806869620609f0f4cacb0
Added Affected

                  
                
              
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