Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-96998.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-96998
Upstream
Published
2026-08-21T17:16:44Z
Modified
2026-09-20T05:33:47Z
Summary
CVE-2026-74583 affecting package kernel 6.6.150.1-1
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/sched: cls_route: fix fastmap use-after-free on filter

The route4 classifier maintains a 16-slot fastmap cache that stores raw struct route4_filter pointers indexed by (id, iif). The reader (route4_classify) populates this cache via route4_set_fastmap() for every classified packet that hits a filter. The writer (route4_delete, route4_change) clears the cache via route4_reset_fastmap() before RCU-deferred kfree of the filter.

This creates a UAF race:

  1. Reader walks the RCU-protected bucket chain, finds filter f
  2. Writer unlinks f, calls route4_reset_fastmap(), then tcf_queue_work()
  3. Reader calls route4_set_fastmap() and writes f into the cache after the writer's reset, caching a pointer about to be freed
  4. After the RCU grace period, kfree(f) executes
  5. Next classified packet on the same (id, iif) tuple hits the stale fastmap entry and reads f->res from freed memory

Reproduced with an mdelay(100) accelerator in route4_set_fastmap() and a concurrent add/delete stress test (provided by both zdi and Santosh). Both triggered KASAN slab-use-after-free reports in the route4 fastmap paths.

Fix: Introduce a per-filter boolean dying flag to suppress stale fastmap republishing by in-flight readers.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:3 / kernel

Package

Name
kernel
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Last Affected
6.6.150.1-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-96998.json"