CVE-2026-80848: Linux

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: espintcp: fix UAF during close ZDI reported and analyzed a race condition during close for espintcp sockets: espintcp_close() frees emsg->skb via kfree_skb() without holding any socket lock. Concurrently, the xfrm_trans_reinject work queue invokes esp_output_tcp_finish() -> espintcp_push_skb() -> espintcp_push_msgs() -> skb_send_sock_locked(), which reads the same skb as a data source. Fix this by adding a synchronize_rcu() call after resetting sk_prot, since esp_output_tcp_finish() runs under RCU and won't use a socket with sk_prot == &tcp_prot. Simply taking the socket lock in espintcp_close() could lead to leaks, if esp_output_tcp_finish() re-adds an skb in the slot we just freed. After this, the existing barrier() is no longer needed.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 5.6, before 5.10.269 (fixed in 5.10.269); from 5.11, before 5.15.220 (fixed in 5.15.220); from 5.16, before 6.1.187 (fixed in 6.1.187); from 6.2, before 6.6.156 (fixed in 6.6.156); from 6.7, before 6.12.108 (fixed in 6.12.108); from 6.13, before 6.18.49 (fixed in 6.18.49); …

Published 2026-09-04. Last modified 2026-09-04.