net: mctp: hold a reference to the route device in mctp_route_lookup()
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mctp: hold a reference to the route device in mctp_route_lookup() mctp_route_lookup() uses rt->dev without holding a reference on it. mctp_route_lookup_single() returns the route under RCU only, so the route's device can be torn down concurrently: mctp_dev_put() drops the last reference and synchronously kfree()s mdev->addrs. mctp_dev_saddr() then reads rt->dev->addrs[0], giving a use-after-free reachable by an unprivileged local AF_MCTP user on the receive/forwarding path (no CAP_NET_RAW required): BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in mctp_route_lookup Read of size 1 at addr ... by task mctp_uaf/... mctp_route_lookup mctp_pkttype_receive Freed by task ...: kfree mctp_dev_put mctp_dev_notify In the same window mctp_dst_from_route() -> mctp_dev_hold() also increments a refcount that has already reached zero ("refcount_t: addition on 0 ... mctp_dev_hold"). This reintroduces the use-after-free class of CVE-2023-3439: the source address lookup was moved ahead of the point where the destination takes its device reference. Take a reference with refcount_inc_not_zero() before touching rt->dev, skip a device that is already dead, and drop the reference once the destination has taken its own.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 7.2.4, 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-2026-80995
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cvpj-275p-crg4
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-80995 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-80995 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cvpj-275p-crg4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-80995 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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