{"cve":"CVE-2026-81008","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-11T20:19:09.560","modified":"2026-10-19T09:17:34.160","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ninterconnect: Fix use after free in icc_get() and of_icc_get_by_index()\n\nIn of_icc_get_by_index() and icc_get(), if the dynamic allocation for\npath->name fails via kasprintf(), the error handling path directly\ncalls kfree(path) to free the path object and returns an error.\n\nHowever, prior to this point, path_find() calls path_init(), which\nalready links the path's requests into the req_list of the respective\ninterconnect nodes via hlist_add_head(). Directly invoking kfree(path)\nleaves dangling pointers in the hlist. A subsequent call to icc_get()\nor icc_set_bw() will traverse or modify these corrupted lists, triggering\na slab use afterfree.\n\nKASAN report showing the vulnerability when reproducing via debugfs:\n\n  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in path_find+0x6f8/0xcfc\n  Write of size 8 at addr fff000000d43f748 by task sh/1\n  ...\n  Call trace:\n   kasan_report+0xac/0xfc\n   path_find+0x6f8/0xcfc\n   icc_get+0x148/0x380\n   icc_get_set+0xf8/0x2d0\n  ...\n  Freed by task 1:\n   kfree+0x1a0/0x4a4\n   icc_get+0x2cc/0x380\n   icc_get_set+0xf8/0x2d0\n\nFix this by replacing kfree(path) with the proper teardown function,\nicc_put(path), which safely removes the requests from the req_list using\nhlist_del() and drops the provider usage references before freeing the\nmemory.\n\nAdditionally, in icc_get(), ensure that the icc_lock mutex is released\nprior to calling icc_put(path) to avoid a deadlock, as icc_put()\ninternally acquires the same lock.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03c3af594dea9196cf6ca70d914b42aa8c873c35","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25c7e242aca084fdc1098248194032317dca625d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a671125d4228357e5b929733c4593d27a273749","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4e9aa7907ade87d1d96853d14e05dcf682f8363","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4d73decdb9a44a248b1cbd04ed6f334df544d9c"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:53:43.293028046+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-81008","score":0.00164,"percentile":0.05552,"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."]}