CVE-2026-90057

slip: remove slip_hangup() to fix use-after-free in slip_receive_buf()

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 17, 2026 at 04:05 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: slip: remove slip_hangup() to fix use-after-free in slip_receive_buf() Jaeyoung Chung and Eulgyu Kim reported a slab-use-after-free read in slip_receive_buf() when racing against tty hangup. tty_ldisc_hangup() calls ld->ops->hangup() while holding only a read lock on tty->ldisc_sem (via tty_ldisc_ref()). Because slip_hangup() simply called slip_close(), it ran concurrently with reader functions such as slip_receive_buf(). slip_close() unregisters and frees the net device and its private struct slip, causing concurrent reader threads in slip_receive_buf() to dereference freed memory. Line discipline close() is already guaranteed to be called under the write lock of tty->ldisc_sem during hangup processing (in tty_ldisc_reinit() or tty_ldisc_kill()). Remove slip_hangup() so teardown is serialized cleanly by slip_close().

Affected

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

2.6.325342b77c4123ba39f911d92a813295fb3bb21f69
Vendor states this is fixed in 23c53269f2baaedf2d92784290cb9ef6db2a3bce (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9a3b1edff1ecb47d323f2506b3ffc22178acd1c6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a2dbac3fb03b4427ccf057debc83fc61ee102529 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a540a49fcca59d1c92c3a6462e67ca21676a88df (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ddbc5dc5a2e29b3934da09c1ba3c930fd8a40fd6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in de1f978c0f6ab42b28192d74dc59af52fdc76135 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.32 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.188 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.110 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.52 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.157 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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