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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-64543" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-07-27T20:10:35.565Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T20:48:39.735Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z" 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-2026-64543" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-64543.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64543" title: "tipc: fix use-after-free of the discoverer in tipc_disc_rcv()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntipc: fix use-after-free of the discoverer in tipc_disc_rcv()\n\nbearer_disable() frees b-\u003edisc with tipc_disc_delete()'s plain kfree(),\nbut tipc_disc_rcv() still dereferences b-\u003edisc in RX softirq under\nrcu_read_lock() (tipc_udp_recv -\u003e tipc_rcv -\u003e tipc_disc_rcv).\n\nL2 bearers are safe thanks to the synchronize_net() in\ntipc_disable_l2_media(), but the UDP bearer defers that call to the\ncleanup_bearer() workqueue, so the discoverer is freed with no grace\nperiod:\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tipc_disc_rcv (net/tipc/discover.c:149)\n Read of size 8 at addr ffff88802348b728 by task poc_tipc/184\n \u003cIRQ\u003e\n tipc_disc_rcv (net/tipc/discover.c:149)\n tipc_rcv (net/tipc/node.c:2126)\n tipc_udp_recv (net/tipc/udp_media.c:391)\n udp_rcv (net/ipv4/udp.c:2643)\n ip_local_deliver_finish (net/ipv4/ip_input.c:241)\n \u003c/IRQ\u003e\n Freed by task 181:\n kfree (mm/slub.c:6565)\n bearer_disable (net/tipc/bearer.c:418)\n tipc_nl_bearer_disable (net/tipc/bearer.c:1001)\n\nThe bearer is freed with kfree_rcu(); free the discoverer the same way.\nAdd an rcu_head to struct tipc_discoverer and free it and its skb from an\nRCU callback.\n\nBecause the RCU callback (tipc_disc_free_rcu) lives in module text, a\ncall_rcu() that is still pending when the tipc module is unloaded would\ninvoke a freed function. Add an rcu_barrier() to tipc_exit() after the\nbearer subsystem has been torn down, so all pending discoverer callbacks\nhave run before the module text goes away.\n\nReachable from an unprivileged user namespace: the TIPCv2 genl family is\nnetnsok and its bearer commands have no GENL_ADMIN_PERM. Needs CONFIG_TIPC\nand CONFIG_TIPC_MEDIA_UDP." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"25b0b9c4e835ffaa65b61c3efe2e28acf84d0259","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"380413cdfd29fb9fa486c82889132b680c4983c5"},{"version":"25b0b9c4e835ffaa65b61c3efe2e28acf84d0259","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f05b3f4c78370469286879c765f5a1dd39dbcd32"},{"version":"25b0b9c4e835ffaa65b61c3efe2e28acf84d0259","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4da2ac7749411971e1b222b992da5a172ce45f98"},{"version":"25b0b9c4e835ffaa65b61c3efe2e28acf84d0259","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"5e215bf1c47fdddf8203a0fe80a0ed594065f101"},{"version":"25b0b9c4e835ffaa65b61c3efe2e28acf84d0259","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ec7d54d8cc1723921d671e3272b427c96366506f"},{"version":"25b0b9c4e835ffaa65b61c3efe2e28acf84d0259","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a0c5fdeb5fa257f8c6d469af266bc087cb5de6a2"},{"version":"25b0b9c4e835ffaa65b61c3efe2e28acf84d0259","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b65289e1c3f352a9f92c6e19713ddd647e033253"},{"version":"25b0b9c4e835ffaa65b61c3efe2e28acf84d0259","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"1579342d71133da7f00daa02c75cebec7372097b"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"4.17","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.17"},{"version":"5.10.265","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.216","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.183","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.145","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.97","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.40","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.1.5","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*"},{"version":"7.2","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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