CVE-2026-53233 PUBLISHED

netdev: fix double-free in netdev_nl_bind_rx_doit()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 09.06.2026 Published: 25.06.2026 Updated: 25.06.2026

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

netdev: fix double-free in netdev_nl_bind_rx_doit()

Sashiko flags that genlmsg_reply() always consumes the skb. The error path calls nlmsg_free(rsp) so we can't jump directly to it. Let's not unbind, just propagate the error to the user. This is the typical way of handling genlmsg_reply() failures. They shouldn't happen unless user does something silly like calling the kernel with an already-full rcvbuf.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 170aafe35cb98e0f3fbacb446ea86389fbce22ea to e055ca9205d3eb6aec3e5fe4ecc18abbbf18c599 (excl.)
  • affected from 170aafe35cb98e0f3fbacb446ea86389fbce22ea to c299321bc6232770ce378d6fa6bc46004d2d7fdb (excl.)
  • affected from 170aafe35cb98e0f3fbacb446ea86389fbce22ea to 9b019376cbee10c4f9184d1745fa37d156e36f30 (excl.)
  • affected from 170aafe35cb98e0f3fbacb446ea86389fbce22ea to c849de7d8757a7af801fc4a4058f71d481d367f2 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.12 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.12 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.94 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.36 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0.13 to 7.0.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1 to * (incl.)

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