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High · CVSS 7.8CVE-2026-53262

l2tp: pppol2tp: hold reference to session in pppol2tp_ioctl()CVE-2026-53262

Answer in brief

CVE-2026-53262 records a High severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in l2tp: pppol2tp: hold reference to session in pppol2tp_ioctl(). The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Analysis pending evidence review

HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.

Published Jun 25, 2026Updated Oct 30, 2026Source checked Nov 5, 2026First seen by HOL Jun 25, 2026Material review Oct 30, 2026
Upstream Advisory

Record context

Vulnerability class
Memory Corruption
EPSS
Not reported
CWE IDs
NVD-CWE-Other, CWE-416
Source
CVE List V5
Source checked
Nov 5, 2026
References
6 linked sources
Open source record

Key facts

Risk
High · CVSS 7.8
Exploitation
Not marked as known exploited
Affected software
11 mapped packages or products
Fix availability
Available

Why this deserves its current priority

CVSS is 7.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.

Analysis status

Analysis pending evidence review

Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.

Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Affected products and reported versions
ProductAffected versionsFixed versions
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Not reportedNot reported
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*Not reportedNot reported
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*Not reportedNot reported
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*Not reportedNot reported
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*Not reportedNot reported
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*Not reportedNot reported
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*Not reportedNot reported
Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
PackageAffected rangeFixed version
Linux/Linuxgeneric>=fd558d186df2c13a22455373858bae634a4795af <78cdfdca88cbf731a92f3b9ee5427c633dd94e28 || >=fd558d186df2c13a22455373858bae634a4795af <e251d4cdfc725c9e7d686161e3b775a0e7d95053 || >=fd558d186df2c13a22455373858bae634a4795af <62f327e287cf7b595ae3f73ba72f5cd2a9e9f39f || >=fd558d186df2c13a22455373858bae634a4795af <a213a8950414c684999dcf03edeea6c46ede172e78cdfdca88cbf731a92f3b9ee5427c633dd94e28, e251d4cdfc725c9e7d686161e3b775a0e7d95053, 62f327e287cf7b595ae3f73ba72f5cd2a9e9f39f, a213a8950414c684999dcf03edeea6c46ede172e
Linux/Linuxgeneric2.6.35Not reported
Linux/Linuxgeneric>=fd558d186df2c13a22455373858bae634a4795af <312ecea13b67797747eb9d4b9dab8d3846de6dfb || >=fd558d186df2c13a22455373858bae634a4795af <78cdfdca88cbf731a92f3b9ee5427c633dd94e28 || >=fd558d186df2c13a22455373858bae634a4795af <e251d4cdfc725c9e7d686161e3b775a0e7d95053 || >=fd558d186df2c13a22455373858bae634a4795af <62f327e287cf7b595ae3f73ba72f5cd2a9e9f39f || >=fd558d186df2c13a22455373858bae634a4795af <a213a8950414c684999dcf03edeea6c46ede172e312ecea13b67797747eb9d4b9dab8d3846de6dfb, 78cdfdca88cbf731a92f3b9ee5427c633dd94e28, e251d4cdfc725c9e7d686161e3b775a0e7d95053, 62f327e287cf7b595ae3f73ba72f5cd2a9e9f39f, a213a8950414c684999dcf03edeea6c46ede172e
Linux/Linuxgeneric>=fd558d186df2c13a22455373858bae634a4795af <cc19c164a99ab706d4cb45d3c300b305c16798b5 || >=fd558d186df2c13a22455373858bae634a4795af <312ecea13b67797747eb9d4b9dab8d3846de6dfb || >=fd558d186df2c13a22455373858bae634a4795af <78cdfdca88cbf731a92f3b9ee5427c633dd94e28 || >=fd558d186df2c13a22455373858bae634a4795af <e251d4cdfc725c9e7d686161e3b775a0e7d95053 || >=fd558d186df2c13a22455373858bae634a4795af <62f327e287cf7b595ae3f73ba72f5cd2a9e9f39f || >=fd558d186df2c13a22455373858bae634a4795af <a213a8950414c684999dcf03edeea6c46ede172ecc19c164a99ab706d4cb45d3c300b305c16798b5, 312ecea13b67797747eb9d4b9dab8d3846de6dfb, 78cdfdca88cbf731a92f3b9ee5427c633dd94e28, e251d4cdfc725c9e7d686161e3b775a0e7d95053, 62f327e287cf7b595ae3f73ba72f5cd2a9e9f39f, a213a8950414c684999dcf03edeea6c46ede172e

Recommended response

  1. 1Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for Linux/Linux, Linux/Linux, Linux/Linux.
  2. 2Review the reported fix. Update Linux/Linux to 78cdfdca88cbf731a92f3b9ee5427c633dd94e28; Linux/Linux to 312ecea13b67797747eb9d4b9dab8d3846de6dfb; Linux/Linux to cc19c164a99ab706d4cb45d3c300b305c16798b5 if you use the affected versions. Test the change in a non-production environment first.

Evidence timeline and material changes

  1. Published upstream

    Jun 25, 2026

    Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
  2. Source modified

    Oct 30, 2026

    Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
  3. First seen by HOL

    Jun 25, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

  • Source referencegit.kernel.org
  • Source referencegit.kernel.org
  • Source referencegit.kernel.org
  • Source referencegit.kernel.org
  • Source referencegit.kernel.org
  • Source referencegit.kernel.org
Upstream source description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: l2tp: pppol2tp: hold reference to session in pppol2tp_ioctl() pppol2tp_ioctl() read sock->sk->sk_user_data directly without any locks or reference counting. If a controllable sleep was induced during copy_from_user() (e.g. via a userfaultfd page fault sleep), a concurrent socket close could trigger pppol2tp_session_close() asynchronously. This frees the l2tp_session structure via the l2tp_session_del_work workqueue. Upon resuming, the ioctl thread dereferences the stale session pointer, resulting in a Use-After-Free (UAF). Fix this by securely fetching the session reference using the RCU-safe, refcounted helper pppol2tp_sock_to_session(sk) on entry. This locks the session's refcount across the sleep. We structured the function to exit via standard err breaks, guaranteeing that l2tp_session_put() is cleanly called on all return paths to drop the reference. To preserve existing behavior we validate the session and its magic signature only for the specific L2TP commands that require it. This ensures that generic/unknown ioctls called on an unconnected socket still return -ENOIOCTLCMD and correctly fall back to generic handlers (e.g. in sock_do_ioctl()).

Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.

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