VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2026-43091
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.13%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-05-06
Last modified2026-10-30
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: Wait for RCU readers during policy netns exit xfrm_policy_fini() frees the policy_bydst hash tables after flushing the policy work items and deleting all policies, but it does not wait for concurrent RCU readers to leave their read-side critical sections first. The policy_bydst tables are published via rcu_assign_pointer() and are looked up through rcu_dereference_check(), so netns teardown must also wait for an RCU grace period before freeing the table memory. Fix this by adding synchronize_rcu() before freeing the policy hash tables.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-416