{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-80849 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-80849 is an use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 4 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-80849 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-80849 is an use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 4 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-80849 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. 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-2026-80849/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-80849/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-80849","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-80849/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-80849","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2026-80849","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80849","GHSA-p98r-rj2f-59m7","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-80849"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel TCP-AO","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A use-after-free in the Linux kernel TCP-AO implementation allows remote attackers to cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code via crafted network packets.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/tcp-ao: fix use-after-free of current_key on reconnect to another peer\n\ntcp_inbound_ao_hash() is called before bh_lock_sock_nested() is taken,\nwith only rcu_read_lock() held. On the fast path for established\nsockets, if the rnext_keyid sent by the peer differs from\ncurrent_key-\u003esndid, the key the peer asked for is looked up and stored\nin current_key. The lookup is inside the RCU read side, but current_key\noutlives it.\n\nWhen the socket is disconnected and connect() is called again for\nanother peer, tcp_ao_connect_init() unlinks every key that does not\nmatch the new peer and frees it with call_rcu(). If current_key points\nat such a key, it is cleared to NULL.\n\nThe fast path reads sk_state only once on entry, so a softirq that got\ninto it while the socket was still established can update current_key\nafter that loop has already run. The update is inside the RCU read side,\nso it comes before the call_rcu() callback, and once the callback frees\nthe key, current_key is left pointing at freed memory.\n\nThe next transmission picks that pointer up in tcp_get_current_key().\ntcp_ao_transmit_skb() then reads the traffic key from the freed object,\nwhich is the use-after-free.\n\nWait for one grace period before unlinking, and only if a key is going\nto be removed. By the time tcp_connect() runs the socket is already in\nTCP_SYN_SENT, and TCP_AO_ESTABLISHED does not contain TCPF_SYN_SENT, so\na softirq entering after the wait cannot reach the fast path, and the\nones already in it have finished. The existing NULL handling in the loop\nis then enough.","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":"net/tcp-ao: fix use-after-free of current_key on reconnect to another peer","id":"CVE-2026-80849","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"tcp: fix AO info use-after-free in tcp_ao_connect_init()","id":"CVE-2026-80850"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"xfrm: espintcp: fix UAF during close","id":"CVE-2026-80848"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-09-04","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-19","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A use-after-free in the Linux kernel TCP-AO implementation allows remote attackers to cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code via crafted network packets.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-80849/"}