In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/iucv: fix use-after-free of a severed iucv_path
af_iucv queues not-yet-received message notifications on iucv->message_q,
each holding a raw pointer to the connection's iucv_path. When the peer
severs the connection, iucv_sever_path() frees that path with
iucv_path_free() but leaves the notifications queued. A later recvmsg()
drains message_q via iucv_process_message_q() and hands the stale path to
message_receive() -- a use-after-free of the freed iucv_path.
Drop the queued notifications when the path is severed; once the path is
gone they can no longer be received. This also frees the notifications
leaked when a socket is closed with messages still queued.
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| Weaknesses | CWE-416 |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/iucv: fix use-after-free of a severed iucv_path af_iucv queues not-yet-received message notifications on iucv->message_q, each holding a raw pointer to the connection's iucv_path. When the peer severs the connection, iucv_sever_path() frees that path with iucv_path_free() but leaves the notifications queued. A later recvmsg() drains message_q via iucv_process_message_q() and hands the stale path to message_receive() -- a use-after-free of the freed iucv_path. Drop the queued notifications when the path is severed; once the path is gone they can no longer be received. This also frees the notifications leaked when a socket is closed with messages still queued. | |
| Title | net/iucv: fix use-after-free of a severed iucv_path | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-10T11:59:03.761Z
Reserved: 2026-07-30T09:28:09.370Z
Link: CVE-2026-68140
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Updated: 2026-08-10T15:15:04Z