CVE-2026-100080NVD
Vulnerability Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xen-netback: Fix UAF when reading statistics data
The network statistic data in the driver is protected by RCU.
Unfortunately when tearing down the queues after an error during
connecting to the frontend (e.g. due to illegal Xenstore data filled
in by the guest), the statistic data is being freed without
synchronizing the RCU state. In case the data is being read via sysfs
in this phase, access to already freed memory or memory being in new
use is possible.
Fix that by calling synchronize_net() before freeing the queue data.
This is XSA-526 / CVE-2026-100080
xen-netback: Fix UAF when reading statistics data
The network statistic data in the driver is protected by RCU.
Unfortunately when tearing down the queues after an error during
connecting to the frontend (e.g. due to illegal Xenstore data filled
in by the guest), the statistic data is being freed without
synchronizing the RCU state. In case the data is being read via sysfs
in this phase, access to already freed memory or memory being in new
use is possible.
Fix that by calling synchronize_net() before freeing the queue data.
This is XSA-526 / CVE-2026-100080
Affected & Patched Versions
Not provided by NVD for this CVE.
Not provided by NVD for this CVE.
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36f858f228e3f955b9336af7f94634747c221518
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37d5a73170579b30e67cc8b19ec69715eea3a6b6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4223b33be49ee09acb6f1d26beb4a36dd3b8d63a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4867687b6ad28ab84bc0811d8f8f9972e769da02
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cd611d2abdd8623a554e14145f82c1cb4e4467a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89e534265b62c94749639350200b10370564bb3a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab9cdf1291be551da999510b30216a2886074d7a
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/11/06/9
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-526.html