{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-23458 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-23458 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 3 Apr 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-23458 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-23458 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 3 Apr 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-23458 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23458/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23458/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-23458","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23458/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-23458","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2026-23458","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23458","GHSA-pqg4-x7w2-6f65","ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2026-23458","ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2026-23458","ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2026-23458","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2026-23458","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2026-23458","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23458"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A use-after-free in the Linux kernel netfilter subsystem allows local attackers to potentially execute code or escalate privileges via crafted netlink messages.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-416","name":"Use After Free"}],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: ctnetlink: fix use-after-free in ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct()\n\nctnetlink_dump_exp_ct() stores a conntrack pointer in cb-\u003edata for the\nnetlink dump callback ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table(), but drops the\nconntrack reference immediately after netlink_dump_start().  When the\ndump spans multiple rounds, the second recvmsg() triggers the dump\ncallback which dereferences the now-freed conntrack via nfct_help(ct),\nleading to a use-after-free on ct-\u003eext.\n\nThe bug is that the netlink_dump_control has no .start or .done\ncallbacks to manage the conntrack reference across dump rounds.  Other\ndump functions in the same file (e.g. ctnetlink_get_conntrack) properly\nuse .start/.done callbacks for this purpose.\n\nFix this by adding .start and .done callbacks that hold and release the\nconntrack reference for the duration of the dump, and move the\nnfct_help() call after the cb-\u003eargs[0] early-return check in the dump\ncallback to avoid dereferencing ct-\u003eext unnecessarily.\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table+0x4f/0x2e0\n Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810597ebf0 by task ctnetlink_poc/133\n\n CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 133 Comm: ctnetlink_poc Not tainted 7.0.0-rc2+ #3 PREEMPTLAZY\n Call Trace:\n  \u003cTASK\u003e\n  ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table+0x4f/0x2e0\n  netlink_dump+0x333/0x880\n  netlink_recvmsg+0x3e2/0x4b0\n  ? aa_sk_perm+0x184/0x450\n  sock_recvmsg+0xde/0xf0\n\n Allocated by task 133:\n  kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x134/0x440\n  __nf_conntrack_alloc+0xa8/0x2b0\n  ctnetlink_create_conntrack+0xa1/0x900\n  ctnetlink_new_conntrack+0x3cf/0x7d0\n  nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x48e/0x510\n  netlink_rcv_skb+0xc9/0x1f0\n  nfnetlink_rcv+0xdb/0x220\n  netlink_unicast+0x3ec/0x590\n  netlink_sendmsg+0x397/0x690\n  __sys_sendmsg+0xf4/0x180\n\n Freed by task 0:\n  slab_free_after_rcu_debug+0xad/0x1e0\n  rcu_core+0x5c3/0x9c0","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"netfilter: ctnetlink: fix use-after-free in ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct()","id":"CVE-2026-23458","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":8,"next":{"headline":"ip_tunnel: adapt iptunnel_xmit_stats() to NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_DSTATS","id":"CVE-2026-23459"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"netfilter: nf_conntrack_sip: fix Content-Length u32 truncation in sip_help_tcp()","id":"CVE-2026-23457"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-04-03","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-19","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A use-after-free in the Linux kernel netfilter subsystem allows local attackers to potentially execute code or escalate privileges via crafted netlink messages.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23458/"}