{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-23437", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-01-13T15:37:46.017Z", "datePublished": "2026-04-03T15:15:22.048Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T18:35:43.629Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:21:45.565Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: shaper: protect late read accesses to the hierarchy\n\nWe look up a netdev during prep of Netlink ops (pre- callbacks)\nand take a ref to it. Then later in the body of the callback\nwe take its lock or RCU which are the actual protections.\n\nThis is not proper, a conversion from a ref to a locked netdev\nmust include a liveness check (a check if the netdev hasn't been\nunregistered already). Fix the read cases (those under RCU).\nWrites needs a separate change to protect from creating the\nhierarchy after flush has already run." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The vulnerable code is reached through local Generic Netlink `net-shaper` requests, not by remote network packets.\nAC:L - This is a race, but a local attacker can repeatedly issue read requests while causing or waiting for netdevice teardown; the vulnerable window is directly exercised by concurrent Netlink/device-lifetime activity.\nPR:L - The affected `GET` and dump read paths do not require `GENL_ADMIN_PERM`; a basic local user can open a Generic Netlink socket and issue these requests.\nUI:N - No victim user action is required once the attacker can send the Netlink requests.\nS:U - The bug affects kernel networking state within the same kernel security authority and does not cross a VM, IOMMU, or comparable boundary.\nC:H - The bug is a use-after-free of the net shaper hierarchy/shaper objects, and freed kernel heap contents may be exposed or shaped into useful read primitives.\nI:H - Use-after-free of kernel heap objects is memory corruption and may be exploitable through heap reuse for control-flow or data corruption.\nA:H - The stale hierarchy pointer can be dereferenced after teardown, making kernel oops/panic or other denial of service likely." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "net/shaper/shaper.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "4b623f9f0f59652ea71fcb27d60b4c3b65126dbb", "lessThan": "581eee0890a8bde44f1fb78ad3e70502a897d583", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "4b623f9f0f59652ea71fcb27d60b4c3b65126dbb", "lessThan": "348758ba74e6a348299965b16a97cfb817545cc0", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "4b623f9f0f59652ea71fcb27d60b4c3b65126dbb", "lessThan": "0f9ea7141f365b4f27226898e62220fb98ef8dc6", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "net/shaper/shaper.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "6.13", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.13", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.20", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.19.10", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.19.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.0", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.13", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.20" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.13", "versionEndExcluding": "6.19.10" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.13", "versionEndExcluding": "7.0" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/581eee0890a8bde44f1fb78ad3e70502a897d583" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/348758ba74e6a348299965b16a97cfb817545cc0" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f9ea7141f365b4f27226898e62220fb98ef8dc6" } ], "title": "net: shaper: protect late read accesses to the hierarchy", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } }, "adp": [ { "metrics": [ { "other": { "type": "ssvc", "content": { "id": "CVE-2026-23437", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [ { "Exploitation": "none" }, { "Automatable": "no" }, { "Technical Impact": "total" } ], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2026-10-16T15:08:04.357382Z" } } } ], "problemTypes": [ { "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "type": "CWE", "cweId": "CWE-662", "description": "CWE-662 Improper Synchronization" } ] } ], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T18:35:43.629Z" } } ] } }