High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published May 6, 2026· Updated May 19, 2026
CVE-2026-43091
CVE-2026-43091
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xfrm: Wait for RCU readers during policy netns exit
xfrm_policy_fini() frees the policy_bydst hash tables after flushing the policy work items and deleting all policies, but it does not wait for concurrent RCU readers to leave their read-side critical sections first.
The policy_bydst tables are published via rcu_assign_pointer() and are looked up through rcu_dereference_check(), so netns teardown must also wait for an RCU grace period before freeing the table memory.
Fix this by adding synchronize_rcu() before freeing the policy hash tables.
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Affected products
9(expand)+ 8 more
- (no CPE)
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=4.9,<6.6.136
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/069daad4f2ae9c5c108131995529d5f02392c446nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/33a3149dd81a1e2f52b80ee1e0fc380b39f3d028nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3733fce2871c9bca9dd18a1a23b1432ea215a094nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/438b1f668ad58f46ce699bb48e4698a7839e3f9envdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b66920a3348c0f63ba18365248fa21fbf0b3a937nvdPatch
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