CVE-2026-23322

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23322
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-23322.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-23322
Downstream
Published
2026-03-25T10:27:15.954Z
Modified
2026-04-02T13:12:21.343312Z
Summary
ipmi: Fix use-after-free and list corruption on sender error
Details

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

ipmi: Fix use-after-free and list corruption on sender error

The analysis from Breno:

When the SMI sender returns an error, smi_work() delivers an error response but then jumps back to restart without cleaning up properly:

  1. intf->curr_msg is not cleared, so no new message is pulled
  2. newmsg still points to the message, causing sender() to be called again with the same message
  3. If sender() fails again, delivererrresponse() is called with the same recv_msg that was already queued for delivery

This causes listadd corruption ("listadd double add") because the recvmsg is added to the usermsgs list twice. Subsequently, the corrupted list leads to use-after-free when the memory is freed and reused, and eventually a NULL pointer dereference when accessing recv_msg->done.

The buggy sequence:

sender() fails -> delivererrresponse(recvmsg) // recvmsg queued for delivery -> goto restart // currmsg not cleared! sender() fails again (same message!) -> delivererrresponse(recvmsg) // tries to queue same recv_msg -> LIST CORRUPTION

Fix this by freeing the message and setting it to NULL on a send error. Also, always free the newmsg on a send error, otherwise it will leak.

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/23xxx/CVE-2026-23322.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
9cf93a8fa9513c6d3cc65bdd50e05c1355cef322
Fixed
c08ec55617cb9674a060a3392ea08391ab2a4f74
Fixed
65ff5d1e4410df05edfbeb7bf2d62f7681ce1d53
Fixed
594c11d0e1d445f580898a2b8c850f2e3f099368

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-23322.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.18.0
Fixed
6.18.17
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
6.19.7

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-23322.json"