{"cve":"CVE-2026-52974","nvd":{"published":"2026-06-24T17:17:07.933","modified":"2026-10-19T20:18:52.147","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: tls: fix strparser anchor skb leak on offload RX setup failure\n\nWhen tls_set_device_offload_rx() fails at tls_dev_add(), the error path\ncalls tls_sw_free_resources_rx() to clean up the SW context that was\ninitialized by tls_set_sw_offload(). This function calls\ntls_sw_release_resources_rx() (which stops the strparser via\ntls_strp_stop()) and tls_sw_free_ctx_rx() (which kfrees the context),\nbut never frees the anchor skb that was allocated by alloc_skb(0) in\ntls_strp_init().\n\nNote that tls_sw_free_resources_rx() is exclusively used for this\n\"failed to start offload\" code path, there's no other caller.\n\nThe leak did not exist before commit 84c61fe1a75b (\"tls: rx: do not use\nthe standard strparser\"), because the standard strparser doesn't try\nto pre-allocate an skb.\n\nThe normal close path in tls_sk_proto_close() handles cleanup by calling\ntls_sw_strparser_done() (which calls tls_strp_done()) after dropping\nthe socket lock, because tls_strp_done() does cancel_work_sync() and\nthe strparser work handler takes the socket lock.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c9f399b37ce22a5ed94cc51f03ed07ac7f38e32","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c405dfa9619e506e75b8e41f8b29a5b99731877","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58689498ca3384851145a754dbb1d8ed1cf9fb54","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/688f12aa44511dd57e448eb670075c6302ad1dc1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c54e76f8d6eb11735918777ef0e0509e089557d"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-52974","score":0.005,"percentile":0.42547,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}