CVE-2026-46098

net: caif: clear client service pointer on teardown

At a glance

Severity
Not available
EPSS
EPSS 0.12 % · percentile 2 (2026-10-27)
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: caif: clear client service pointer on teardown `caif_connect()` can tear down an existing client after remote shutdown by calling `caif_disconnect_client()` followed by `caif_free_client()`. `caif_free_client()` releases the service layer referenced by `adap_layer->dn`, but leaves that pointer stale. When the socket is later destroyed, `caif_sock_destructor()` calls `caif_free_client()` again and dereferences the freed service pointer. Clear the client/service links before releasing the service object so repeated teardown becomes harmless.

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 43e3692101086add8719c3b8b50b05c9ac5b14e1 < cffca7a18b8f9de7c3d3013a1f5740c412b2a501 ; affected 43e3692101086add8719c3b8b50b05c9ac5b14e1 < 7ef97d4675b05a103648bd9244d91dff7d8c08b0 ; affected 43e3692101086add8719c3b8b50b05c9ac5b14e1 < e16859f3f4426fa349bc5519d582a93d28f5a15d ; affected 43e3692101086add8719c3b8b50b05c9ac5b14e1 < 914c6456fcfc21a3d553945dff62fd1621d6155d ; affected 43e3692101086add8719c3b8b50b05c9ac5b14e1 < 3ac6db584d9d420267bb8413115707eeec76d9cf ; affected 43e3692101086add8719c3b8b50b05c9ac5b14e1 < 63d21a3aa0108b9dde4e99b0d3d5d679ac68c0f9
Linux · Linuxaffected 3.0 ; unaffected 0 < 3.0 ; unaffected 5.10.258 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.209 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.175 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.140 ≤ 6.6.*

References

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD