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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31533

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31533 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/tls: fix use-after-free in -EBUSY error path of tls_do_encryption The -EBUSY handling in tls_do_encryption(), introduced by commit 859054147318 ("net: tls: handle backlogging of crypto requests"), has a use-after-free due to double cleanup of encrypt_pending and the scatterlist entry. When crypto_aead_encrypt() returns -EBUSY, the request is enqueued to the cryptd backlog and the async callback tls_encrypt_done() will be invoked upon completion. That callback unconditionally restores the scatterlist entry (sge->offset, sge->length) and decrements ctx->encrypt_pending. However, if tls_encrypt_async_wait() returns an error, the synchronous error path in tls_do_encryption() performs the same cleanup again, double-decrementing encrypt_pending and double-restoring the scatterlist. The double-decrement corrupts the encrypt_pending sentinel (initialized to 1), making tls_encrypt_async_wait() permanently skip the wait for pending async callbacks. A subsequent sendmsg can then free the tls_rec via bpf_exec_tx_verdict() while a cryptd callback is still pending, resulting in a use-after-free when the callback fires on the freed record. Fix this by skipping the synchronous cleanup when the -EBUSY async wait returns an error, since the callback has already handled encrypt_pending and sge restoration.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11linux-6.10, 6.1.164-1, 6.1.162-1
Debian:12linux6.1.38-1, 6.12.13-1, 6.12.17-1
Debian:14linux6.19.4-1, *, 6.13.5-1~exp1
Debian:13linux6.12.69-1, 6.12.69-1~bpo12+1, 6.12.73-1

Exploit Intelligence

Timeline

  • Apr 23, 2026 CVE Published
  • May 2, 2026 CVE Updated
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