gtp: serialize PDP context updates
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gtp: serialize PDP context updates PDP contexts can be deleted through GTP_CMD_DELPDP or while the GTP network device is being unregistered. The latter is serialized by RTNL, but the generic-netlink delete path only holds RCU. Running both paths concurrently can therefore make both paths delete the same PDP context. The issue was found through static analysis and reproduced on a KASAN-enabled kernel by a simple two-thread program racing GTP_CMD_DELPDP against RTM_DELLINK: Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address KASAN: maybe wild-memory-access in range [0xdead000000000120-0xdead000000000127] RIP: gtp_genl_del_pdp+0x1c1/0x420 [gtp] RBP: dead000000000122 The second deletion dereferenced the poisoned hlist pprev pointer. Serialize gtp_pdp_add(), gtp_genl_del_pdp(), and gtp_dellink() with a shared mutex. Keep the mutex held until the final use of a PDP context in the NEWPDP path, and keep the RCU read-side section around the complete PDP context use in the DELPDP path.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
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| Linux | Linux | 4.7 and later | 5.10.273, 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.158, 6.12.108, 6.18.49, 7.1.13, 7.2.3, 7.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 4.7 and later Fixed in 5.10.273, 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.158, 6.12.108, 6.18.49, 7.1.13, 7.2.3, 7.3 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.273, 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.158, 6.12.108, 6.18.49, 7.1.13, 7.2.3, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-80851
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wq34-548c-54v3
- 2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@b4ac2a5ce5a96ec21ed48f60d30b52b1fb22c62a · CNA
- 2026-10-03 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected] +3 · CNA
- 2026-10-30 3 new references · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
Other 9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8ebf8875fb97b3e39aa226af78f9c619e96ee31
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e5472c1c1619793cbadb02bccf7d2d9f826052f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9a83492ffc99f228d91873473e3820300525f00
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4ac2a5ce5a96ec21ed48f60d30b52b1fb22c62a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f77ddb2756340c1b05381674ca025d52998005e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d950e98f74af9611925a5226edced02155f6ed1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6df4f05bc2991467939d7d80b6f7e121559cc3df
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e995498d29784a06a2b2899370a1926cfc8410d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/498386b6d402737db1e2eeed4c385acbf0ef9e34
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Sources
- CVE-2026-80851 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-80851 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wq34-548c-54v3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-80851 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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