In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xen-netback: Fix UAF when reading statistics data The network statistic data in the driver is protected by RCU. Unfortunately when tearing down the queues after an error during connecting to the frontend (e.g. due to illegal Xenstore data filled in by the guest), the statistic data is being freed without synchronizing the RCU state. In case the data is being read via sysfs in this phase, access to already freed memory or memory being in new use is possible. Fix that by calling synchronize_net() before freeing the queue data. This is XSA-526 / CVE-2026-100080
History

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Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux linux
Weaknesses CWE-416
Vendors & Products Linux linux

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xen-netback: Fix UAF when reading statistics data The network statistic data in the driver is protected by RCU. Unfortunately when tearing down the queues after an error during connecting to the frontend (e.g. due to illegal Xenstore data filled in by the guest), the statistic data is being freed without synchronizing the RCU state. In case the data is being read via sysfs in this phase, access to already freed memory or memory being in new use is possible. Fix that by calling synchronize_net() before freeing the queue data. This is XSA-526 / CVE-2026-100080
Title xen-netback: Fix UAF when reading statistics data
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2026-11-06T18:23:01.824Z

Updated: 2026-11-06T19:08:40.599Z

Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.456Z

Link: CVE-2026-100080

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-06T19:17:03.190

Modified: 2026-11-06T19:17:03.190

Link: CVE-2026-100080

cve-icon Redhat

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