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CVE-2026-31474

high

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: isotp: fix tx.buf use-after-free in isotp_sendmsg() isotp_sendmsg() uses only cmpxch…

Vendor / product: Linux — linux kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: isotp: fix tx.buf use-after-free in isotp_sendmsg() isotp_sendmsg() uses only cmpxchg() on so->tx.state to serialize access to so->tx.buf. isotp_release() waits for ISOTP_IDLE via wait_event_interruptible() and then calls kfree(so->tx.buf). If a signal interrupts the wait_event_interruptible() inside close() while tx.state is ISOTP_SENDING, the loop exits early and release proceeds to force ISOTP_SHUTDOWN and continues to kfree(so->tx.buf) while sendmsg may still be reading so->tx.buf for the final CAN frame in isotp_fill_dataframe(). The so->tx.buf can be allocated once when the standard tx.buf length needs to be extended. Move the kfree() of this potentially extended tx.buf to sk_destruct time when either isotp_sendmsg() and isotp_release() are done.

CVSS
7.8
7.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-04-22 14:16
Modified: 2026-11-11 23:10
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 3 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-11 23:12 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

linux / linux_kernel ≥6.4.1 <6.6.131, ≥6.7 <6.12.80, ≥6.13 <6.18.21, ≥6.19 <6.19.11, 6.4, 7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e62e7051eca75a7f2e3d52d62ec10d7d7aa358c
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/424e95d62110cdbc8fd12b40918f37e408e35a92
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9649d051e54413049c009638ec1dc23962c884a4
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb3d6efa78460e6d50bf68806d0db66265709f64
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eec8a1b18a79600bd4419079dc0026c1db72a830

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-11 23:12 UTC · record ↗

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