Kernel use-after-free via inherited one-packet flag
Published Aug 28, 2026 · Updated Aug 28, 2026
Use-after-free in Linux IPVS since 2.6.36 allows attackers to access freed kernel memory through synchronized connections. In ip_vs_bind_dest(), a late-bound destination copies IP_VS_CONN_F_ONE_PACKET into an already hashed synchronized connection, so expiry skips unlinking its conn_tab node. Reachability requires IPVS connection synchronization, destination creation after synchronization, and a one-packet destination; the documented outcome is a stale hash pointer to a freed ip_vs_conn structure.
Summary
What happened
Use-after-free in Linux IPVS since 2.6.36 allows attackers to access freed kernel memory through synchronized connections. In ip_vs_bind_dest(), a late-bound destination copies IP_VS_CONN_F_ONE_PACKET into an already hashed synchronized connection, so expiry skips unlinking its conn_tab node. Reachability requires IPVS connection synchronization, destination creation after synchronization, and a one-packet destination; the documented outcome is a stale hash pointer to a freed ip_vs_conn structure.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-80714
- Published
- Aug 28, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 28, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
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- Privileges
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Timeline
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- Aug 28, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=2.6.36
- Affected versionversion=26ec037f9841e49cc5c615deb8e1e73e5beab2ca <06d1d9b56ef8132fbf85006885eb43d9510b8b02
- Affected versionversion=26ec037f9841e49cc5c615deb8e1e73e5beab2ca <300348e3ba1521b003d59825f97e24f9a6859688
- Affected versionversion=26ec037f9841e49cc5c615deb8e1e73e5beab2ca <44af98cc7d5ef8e730488d5df1eecd5deeaa5947
- Affected versionversion=26ec037f9841e49cc5c615deb8e1e73e5beab2ca <4649e6faeecdc2d44bfa6ccbe405eef27e55d816
- Affected versionversion=26ec037f9841e49cc5c615deb8e1e73e5beab2ca <a63d2dbaeb50a85d4c976b15a36e6b0c7113db5b
- Affected versionversion=26ec037f9841e49cc5c615deb8e1e73e5beab2ca <acbdc276091b308ca7794acb86e761f8203e2f59
- Affected versionversion=26ec037f9841e49cc5c615deb8e1e73e5beab2ca <b5ee5b266f833601ac4817f6df0bc496fc376a28
- Affected versionversion=26ec037f9841e49cc5c615deb8e1e73e5beab2ca <e7acfc990c29890c883d0d0ce3f737d003a43b44
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