CVE-2026-64580

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm6: clear dst.dev on error to avoid double netdev_put in xfrm6_fill_dst() On the error path where in6_dev_get(dev) returns NULL, xfrm6_fill_dst() releases the device reference with netdev_put() but leaves xdst->u.dst.dev set. dst_destroy() later calls netdev_put(dst->dev) again, so the same net_device reference is released twice, underflowing its refcount (ref_tracker WARNING + "unregister_netdevice: waiting for <dev> to become free"). Clear xdst->u.dst.dev after the netdev_put(), the same way the XFRM device-offload paths xfrm_dev_state_add() and xfrm_dev_policy_add() in net/xfrm/xfrm_device.c NULL ->dev when releasing the reference on error. ref_tracker: reference already released. ref_tracker: allocated in: xfrm6_fill_dst (net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c:86) ... udpv6_sendmsg (net/ipv6/udp.c:1696) ... ref_tracker: freed in: xfrm6_fill_dst (net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c:90) ... WARNING: lib/ref_tracker.c:322 at ref_tracker_free+0x58b/0x780 dst_destroy (net/core/dst.c:115) rcu_core handle_softirqs ...

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedAug 5, 2026
First seenAug 5, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-415CWE-415

How to fix

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  • Linux Linux97e032e5733e49471fb73de117ea2ac1ac7c479a, df6856c2dda9187601d29b5fbd7a81b3b178cedf, 43de8a49335e611adb271bbd52e84dfbc11fc185, ff636d7b7cba6dea82ecf580415ea57f2c1a11b6, e078da1b4e11390cff3201c19a9a1fe70c5b934f, 136992de9bb91871084ae52d172610541c76e4d2, 3.1, 3.3, 3.5, 3.10 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linux84c4a9dfbf430861e7588d95ae3ff61535dca351 ≤ v < 97e032e5733e49471fb73de117ea2ac1ac7c479a, 84c4a9dfbf430861e7588d95ae3ff61535dca351 ≤ v < df6856c2dda9187601d29b5fbd7a81b3b178cedf, 84c4a9dfbf430861e7588d95ae3ff61535dca351 ≤ v < 43de8a49335e611adb271bbd52e84dfbc11fc185, 84c4a9dfbf430861e7588d95ae3ff61535dca351 ≤ v < ff636d7b7cba6dea82ecf580415ea57f2c1a11b6, 84c4a9dfbf430861e7588d95ae3ff61535dca351 ≤ v < e078da1b4e11390cff3201c19a9a1fe70c5b934f, 84c4a9dfbf430861e7588d95ae3ff61535dca351 ≤ v < 136992de9bb91871084ae52d172610541c76e4d2, a7e22d0c0e81dde129a51ee413644124f4b59954, 01b0d887f67a388fb2a658ee2bdd74e5ba146818, a98124aac0b5adc5de8ae54f11322781cb4d85c3, e27b7bee743d921f037b1da6f071237345bef7c1, 3.0.79 ≤ v < 3.1, 3.2.46 ≤ v < 3.3, 3.4.46 ≤ v < 3.5, 3.9.3 ≤ v < 3.10, 3.1097e032e5733e49471fb73de117ea2ac1ac7c479a, df6856c2dda9187601d29b5fbd7a81b3b178cedf, 43de8a49335e611adb271bbd52e84dfbc11fc185, ff636d7b7cba6dea82ecf580415ea57f2c1a11b6, e078da1b4e11390cff3201c19a9a1fe70c5b934f, 136992de9bb91871084ae52d172610541c76e4d2, 3.1, 3.3, 3.5, 3.10

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