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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-43050" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-05-01T14:15:44.542Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-11T22:16:44.767Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:08.712Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-43050" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-43050.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43050" title: "atm: lec: fix use-after-free in sock_def_readable()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\natm: lec: fix use-after-free in sock_def_readable()\n\nA race condition exists between lec_atm_close() setting priv-\u003elecd\nto NULL and concurrent access to priv-\u003elecd in send_to_lecd(),\nlec_handle_bridge(), and lec_atm_send(). When the socket is freed\nvia RCU while another thread is still using it, a use-after-free\noccurs in sock_def_readable() when accessing the socket's wait queue.\n\nThe root cause is that lec_atm_close() clears priv-\u003elecd without\nany synchronization, while callers dereference priv-\u003elecd without\nany protection against concurrent teardown.\n\nFix this by converting priv-\u003elecd to an RCU-protected pointer:\n- Mark priv-\u003elecd as __rcu in lec.h\n- Use rcu_assign_pointer() in lec_atm_close() and lecd_attach()\n for safe pointer assignment\n- Use rcu_access_pointer() for NULL checks that do not dereference\n the pointer in lec_start_xmit(), lec_push(), send_to_lecd() and\n lecd_attach()\n- Use rcu_read_lock/rcu_dereference/rcu_read_unlock in send_to_lecd(),\n lec_handle_bridge() and lec_atm_send() to safely access lecd\n- Use rcu_assign_pointer() followed by synchronize_rcu() in\n lec_atm_close() to ensure all readers have completed before\n proceeding. This is safe since lec_atm_close() is called from\n vcc_release() which holds lock_sock(), a sleeping lock.\n- Remove the manual sk_receive_queue drain from lec_atm_close()\n since vcc_destroy_socket() already drains it after lec_atm_close()\n returns.\n\nv2: Switch from spinlock + sock_hold/put approach to RCU to properly\n fix the race. The v1 spinlock approach had two issues pointed out\n by Eric Dumazet:\n 1. priv-\u003elecd was still accessed directly after releasing the\n lock instead of using a local copy.\n 2. The spinlock did not prevent packets being queued after\n lec_atm_close() drains sk_receive_queue since timer and\n workqueue paths bypass netif_stop_queue().\n\nNote: Syzbot patch testing was attempted but the test VM terminated\n unexpectedly with \"Connection to localhost closed by remote host\",\n likely due to a QEMU AHCI emulation issue unrelated to this fix.\n Compile testing with \"make W=1 net/atm/lec.o\" passes cleanly." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3e8b25f32f2f35549d03d77da030a24a45bdef5b"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"750a33f417f3d196b86375f8d9f8938bacf130fe"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"317843d5355062020649124eb4a0d7acbcc3f53e"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b256d055da47258e63f8b40965f276c5f23d229a"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3989740fa4978e1d2d51ecc62be1b01093e104ad"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"abc10f85a3965ac14b9ed7ad3e67b35604a63aa3"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"5fbbb1ff936d7ff9528d929c1549977e8123d8a8"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"922814879542c2e397b0e9641fd36b8202a8e555"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.6.12","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"2.6.12"},{"version":"5.10.253","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.203","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.168","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.134","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.81","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.22","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"6.19.12","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.19.*"},{"version":"7.0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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