Vulnerability · Published Aug 15, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-74257sockmap: Fix use-after-free in udp_bpf_recvmsg()

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 2% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 97.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sockmap: Fix use-after-free in udp_bpf_recvmsg() syzbot reported use-after-free of struct sk_msg in sk_msg_recvmsg(). [0] sk_msg_recvmsg() peeks sk_msg from psock->ingress_msg under a lock, but its processing is lockless. Thus, sk_msg_recvmsg() must be serialised by callers, otherwise multiple threads could touch the same sk_msg. For example, TCP uses lock_sock(), and AF_UNIX uses unix_sk(sk)->iolock. Initially, udp_bpf_recvmsg() had used lock_sock(), but the cited commit removed it. Let's serialise sk_msg_recvmsg() with lock_sock() in udp_bpf_recvmsg(). Note that holding spin_lock_bh(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock) is not an option due to copy_page_to_iter() in sk_msg_recvmsg(). [0]: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in sk_msg_recvmsg+0xb54/0xc30 net/core/skmsg.c:428 Read of size 4 at addr ffff88814cdcf000 by task syz.0.24/6020 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6020 Comm: syz.0.24 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/13/2026 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline] print_report+0xba/0x230 mm/kasan/report.c:482 kasan_report+0x117/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595 sk_msg_recvmsg+0xb54/0xc30 net/core/skmsg.c:428 udp_bpf_recvmsg+0x4bd/0xe00 net/ipv4/udp_bpf.c:84 inet_recvmsg+0x260/0x270 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:891 sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:1078 [inline] sock_recvmsg+0x1a8/0x270 net/socket.c:1100 ____sys_recvmsg+0x1e6/0x4a0 net/socket.c:2812 ___sys_recvmsg+0x215/0x590 net/socket.c:2854 do_recvmmsg+0x334/0x800 net/socket.c:2949 __sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3023 [inline] __do_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3046 [inline] __se_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3039 [inline] __x64_sys_recvmmsg+0x198/0x250 net/socket.c:3039 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xe2/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7fb319f9aeb9 Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007fb31ad97028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000012b RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fb31a216090 RCX: 00007fb319f9aeb9 RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000200000000400 RDI: 0000000000000004 RBP: 00007fb31a008c1f R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000040000021 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 00007fb31a216128 R14: 00007fb31a216090 R15: 00007ffe21dd0a98 </TASK> Allocated by task 6019: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:57 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:78 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:398 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0x93/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:415 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:263 [inline] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x3d1/0x6e0 mm/slub.c:5780 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:957 [inline] kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1094 [inline] alloc_sk_msg net/core/skmsg.c:510 [inline] sk_psock_skb_ingress_self+0x60/0x350 net/core/skmsg.c:612 sk_psock_verdict_apply net/core/skmsg.c:1038 [inline] sk_psock_verdict_recv+0x7d9/0x8d0 net/core/skmsg.c:1236 udp_read_skb+0x73e/0x7e0 net/ipv4/udp.c:2045 sk_psock_verdict_data_ready+0x12d/0x550 net/core/skmsg.c:1257 __udp_enqueue_schedule_skb+0xc54/0x10b0 net/ipv4/udp.c:1789 __udp_queue_rcv_skb net/ipv4/udp.c:2346 [inline] udp_queue_rcv_one_skb+0xac5/0x19c0 net/ipv4/udp.c:2475 __udp4_lib_mcast_deliver+0xc06/0xcf0 net/ipv4/udp.c:2585 __udp4_lib_rcv+0x10f6/0x2620 net/ipv4/udp.c:2724 ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x282/0x440 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:207 ip_local_deliver_finish+0x3bb/0x6f0 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:241 NF_HOOK+0x336/0x3c0 include/linux/netfilter.h:318 dst_input include/net/dst.h:474 [inline] ip_sublist_rcv_finish+0x221/0x2a0 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:584 ip_list_rcv_finish net/ipv4/ip_inp ---truncated---

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linuxno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-74257
Debian:13linux6.12.115-2DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74257
Debian:14linux7.1.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux7.0.0-38.38UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-aws7.0.0-1014.14UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-7.07.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure7.0.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-7.07.0.0-1017.17~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde7.0.0-1016.16UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-7.07.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gcp7.0.0-1014.14UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-7.07.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gke7.0.0-1008.9UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-7.07.0.0-38.38~24.04.4UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibm7.0.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotgno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-7.07.0.0-1024.25~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-bos7.0.0-2022.23UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1036.39UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oem-7.07.0.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oracle7.0.0-1013.13UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-7.07.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-realtime7.0.0-38.38.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-riscv7.0.0-38.38.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-7.07.0.0-38.38.1~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-vmwareno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-74257

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 9f2470fbc4cb4583c080bb729a998933ba61aca4 – before 6ea94949a5afe457647def276cd6958721481abd9f2470fbc4cb4583c080bb729a998933ba61aca4 – before 6b59007d95aeef6619a72f5ea51f58752c47c1989f2470fbc4cb4583c080bb729a998933ba61aca4 – before 05c29e7d42926170f0595c7188d60d8ecb6655939f2470fbc4cb4583c080bb729a998933ba61aca4 – before 81567d2b3f4dc4fc32f8b61433738bce2cafd4a19f2470fbc4cb4583c080bb729a998933ba61aca4 – before 39d44ed6904bfa9a1c6d0538672dd50c7b85520e9f2470fbc4cb4583c080bb729a998933ba61aca4 – before c010995b29c8939c6aa69e3cb26f8dbee163d156
Linux Linux 5.14

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