{"cve":"CVE-2026-53184","nvd":{"published":"2026-06-25T09:16:35.800","modified":"2026-10-19T20:19:06.890","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nudp: clear skb->dev before running a sockmap verdict\n\nOn the UDP receive path skb->dev is repurposed as dev_scratch (the\ntruesize/state cache set by udp_set_dev_scratch()), through the\nunion { struct net_device *dev; unsigned long dev_scratch; } in sk_buff.\n\nWhen a UDP socket is in a sockmap, sk_data_ready is\nsk_psock_verdict_data_ready(), which calls udp_read_skb() -> recv_actor()\n(sk_psock_verdict_recv) to run the attached SK_SKB verdict program in softirq.\nIf that program calls a socket-lookup helper (bpf_sk_lookup_tcp/udp,\nbpf_skc_lookup_tcp), bpf_skc_lookup() does:\n\n\tif (skb->dev)\n\t\tcaller_net = dev_net(skb->dev);\n\nskb->dev still holds the dev_scratch value (a non-NULL integer), so dev_net()\ndereferences it as a struct net_device * and the kernel takes a general\nprotection fault on a non-canonical address in softirq:\n\n  Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0x1010000800004a0\n  CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1406 Comm: syz.2.19 Not tainted 7.1.0-rc6 #1 PREEMPT(full)\n  RIP: 0010:bpf_skc_lookup net/core/filter.c:7033 [inline]\n  RIP: 0010:bpf_sk_lookup+0x45/0x160 net/core/filter.c:7047\n  Call Trace:\n   <IRQ>\n   bpf_prog_4675cb904b7071f8+0x12e/0x14e\n   bpf_prog_run_pin_on_cpu+0xc6/0x1f0\n   sk_psock_verdict_recv+0x1ba/0x350\n   udp_read_skb+0x31a/0x370\n   sk_psock_verdict_data_ready+0x2e3/0x600\n   __udp_enqueue_schedule_skb+0x4c8/0x650\n   udpv6_queue_rcv_one_skb+0x3ec/0x740\n   udp6_unicast_rcv_skb+0x11d/0x140\n   ip6_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x61e/0x950\n   ip6_input_finish+0xa9/0x150\n   NF_HOOK+0x286/0x2f0\n   ip6_input+0x117/0x220\n   NF_HOOK+0x286/0x2f0\n   __netif_receive_skb+0x85/0x200\n   process_backlog+0x374/0x9a0\n   __napi_poll+0x4f/0x1c0\n   net_rx_action+0x3b0/0x770\n   handle_softirqs+0x15a/0x460\n   do_softirq+0x57/0x80\n   </IRQ>\n\nThe rmem charge that dev_scratch accounted for is released by skb_recv_udp() on\ndequeue, just above, so the scratch is dead by the time recv_actor() runs. Clear\nskb->dev so bpf_skc_lookup() falls back to sock_net(skb->sk), which\nskb_set_owner_sk_safe() set just above.","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-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b585673a2249f13678e7ac443ac683ba767e0b6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/263779a6beff03b8b06f6d25566cb0f45af361f2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c94f241f776562c489876ff506f366224565c21","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6822eed69572000a181fa4e31fceacc60918c471","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d6d92d000ebe3a845a17c165c1d3a70c5d84fe1"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-53184","score":0.0049,"percentile":0.41832,"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."]}