CVE-2026-72405

net: udp_tunnel: prevent double queueing in udp_tunnel_nic_device_sync

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 15, 2026 at 05:56 AM UTC
Updated: October 30, 2026 at 01:19 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: udp_tunnel: prevent double queueing in udp_tunnel_nic_device_sync Yue Sun reported a use-after-free and debugobjects warning in udp_tunnel_nic_device_sync_work() during concurrent device operations. The workqueue core clears the internal pending bit before invoking the worker. At that point, a concurrent thread can queue the work again. When the already running worker eventually clears the work_pending flag to 0, it mistakenly clears the flag for the newly queued instance. udp_tunnel_nic_unregister() then observes work_pending as 0 and frees the structure while the second work item is still active in the queue, leading to UAF. Fix this by returning early in udp_tunnel_nic_device_sync() if work_pending is already set, preventing redundant work queueing.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.9cc4e3835eff474aa274d6e1d18f69d9d296d3b76
Vendor states this is fixed in 54292b167466cdf42176b7b6f01da66c184deb12 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9075efb9b2c1d9d7a8285c937b64aa93ca0c41b7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cee6688e5731c0591643521716d1a1a5c1a98bf8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ecf69d4b43370c587e48d4d70289dbdb7e039d4d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.97 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.40 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.160 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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