CVE-2026-43374

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RCU readers that entered before the publish still\nsee the old group and can dereference the freed stats via\nnh_grp_entry_stats_inc() -> get_cpu_ptr(nhge->stats), causing a\nuse-after-free on percpu memory.\n\nFix by deferring the free_percpu() until after synchronize_net() in the\ncaller. Removed entries are chained via nh_list onto a local deferred\nfree list. After the grace period completes and all RCU readers have\nfinished, the percpu stats are safely freed."}], "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 freeing side is reached through `RTM_DELNEXTHOP` over rtnetlink, which is a local netlink configuration interface. 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However, the\nsynchronize_net() grace period in the caller remove_nexthop_from_groups()\nruns after the free. RCU readers that entered before the publish still\nsee the old group and can dereference the freed stats via\nnh_grp_entry_stats_inc() -> get_cpu_ptr(nhge->stats), causing a\nuse-after-free on percpu memory.\n\nFix by deferring the free_percpu() until after synchronize_net() in the\ncaller. Removed entries are chained via nh_list onto a local deferred\nfree list. After the grace period completes and all RCU readers have\nfinished, the percpu stats are safely freed."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, la siguiente vulnerabilidad ha sido resuelta:\n\nnet: nexthop: corregir uso despu\u00e9s de liberaci\u00f3n percpu en remove_nh_grp_entry\n\nAl eliminar un nexthop de un grupo, remove_nh_grp_entry() publica el nuevo grupo a trav\u00e9s de rcu_assign_pointer() y luego libera inmediatamente las estad\u00edsticas percpu de la entrada eliminada con free_percpu(). Sin embargo, el per\u00edodo de gracia de synchronize_net() en la funci\u00f3n llamadora remove_nexthop_from_groups() se ejecuta despu\u00e9s de la liberaci\u00f3n. Los lectores RCU que entraron antes de la publicaci\u00f3n todav\u00eda ven el grupo antiguo y pueden desreferenciar las estad\u00edsticas liberadas a trav\u00e9s de nh_grp_entry_stats_inc() -> get_cpu_ptr(nhge -> stats), causando un uso despu\u00e9s de liberaci\u00f3n en memoria percpu.\n\nSoluci\u00f3n: aplazar el free_percpu() hasta despu\u00e9s de synchronize_net() en la funci\u00f3n llamadora. Las entradas eliminadas se encadenan a trav\u00e9s de nh_list a una lista local de liberaci\u00f3n diferida. 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