{"id":"CVE-2026-64113","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-64113","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T10:39:47.111Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ixgbevf: fix use-after-free in VEPA multicast source pruning ixgbevf_clean_rx_irq() prunes frames whose source MAC matches the VF's own address (VEPA multicast workaround) by freeing…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nixgbevf: fix use-after-free in VEPA multicast source pruning\n\nixgbevf_clean_rx_irq() prunes frames whose source MAC matches the VF's\nown address (VEPA multicast workaround) by freeing the skb and\ncontinuing to the next descriptor:\n\n    dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);\n    continue;\n\nThe skb pointer is declared outside the while loop and persists across\niterations.  Because the continue skips the \"skb = NULL\" reset at the\nbottom of the loop, the next iteration enters the \"else if (skb)\" path\nand calls ixgbevf_add_rx_frag() on the freed skb, dereferencing\nskb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags - a use-after-free in NAPI softirq context.\n\nThe sibling driver iavf already handles this correctly by nulling the\npointer before continuing.  Apply the same pattern here.\n\nI do not have ixgbevf hardware; the bug was found by static analysis\n(scan_drop_continue_loops.py + semgrep drop_continue_in_loop, multi-tool\ncorroboration with the highest score in the scan).  The UAF was confirmed\nunder KASAN by loading a test module that reproduces the exact code\npattern (alloc skb, kfree_skb, then read skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags):\n\n  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ixgbevf_uaf_test_init+0x100/0x1000\n  Read of size 8 at addr 000000006163ae78 by task insmod/30\n  freed 208-byte region [000000006163adc0, 000000006163ae90)\n\nQEMU emulates igb (82576) but not ixgbe (82599), and the igbvf VF\ndriver does not include the VEPA source pruning path, so a full\nend-to-end reproduction with emulated hardware was not possible.","published":"2026-07-19T16:17:53.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-19T21:17:24.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00527,"percentile":0.4447,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.53%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d931ac62411a7e43b85dba5fe45e1a4a91bd5cb","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55b3e91d62b2f7a24109b2d7c9f4c66d2e3b1ec1","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d49b568c188dc77199d8d2b959c91da8cc27cf1","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ef30384a50a50e4a484cddf341bc27de31aa3de","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a244395d8c563ed1bb26c3ef708db6aeeaa08084","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/add70e2682c0ad3be2a5810bcf1bc13963ba4df9","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfef79e09ed2f5df975c98547f97f5d7f8982a24","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8768bcbe5cd30c4ea36a22022c9ffaa66903693","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64113","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}