Answer in brief
CVE-2026-64452 records a High severity (CVSS 7.1) vulnerability in 6lowpan: fix NHC entry use-after-free on error path. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.1. 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
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=92aa7c65d295f3cbb96904afe335f683e55584b8 <9c2f5c0829a8c8b904dae36be6d8056b719ac605 || >=92aa7c65d295f3cbb96904afe335f683e55584b8 <80b5c8779acee0550845394fb3e5176a398aa24c || >=92aa7c65d295f3cbb96904afe335f683e55584b8 <cc27aea4d454abfb385ee2c9499c78b96db9b728 || >=92aa7c65d295f3cbb96904afe335f683e55584b8 <a8e3a94711134e898c6021a6b77374efa91b3639 || >=92aa7c65d295f3cbb96904afe335f683e55584b8 <593b78bb3c7ef0c6e9ae6fdf5afa80a5f7573168 || >=92aa7c65d295f3cbb96904afe335f683e55584b8 <0beccbcf50de125be5520d0ffc59af4bb8655482 || >=92aa7c65d295f3cbb96904afe335f683e55584b8 <b713aa0cc344f10f7a9928a230b5f5e780d04078 || >=92aa7c65d295f3cbb96904afe335f683e55584b8 <1720db928e5a58ca7d75ac1d514c3b73fd7061a7 | 9c2f5c0829a8c8b904dae36be6d8056b719ac605, 80b5c8779acee0550845394fb3e5176a398aa24c, cc27aea4d454abfb385ee2c9499c78b96db9b728, a8e3a94711134e898c6021a6b77374efa91b3639, 593b78bb3c7ef0c6e9ae6fdf5afa80a5f7573168, 0beccbcf50de125be5520d0ffc59af4bb8655482, b713aa0cc344f10f7a9928a230b5f5e780d04078, 1720db928e5a58ca7d75ac1d514c3b73fd7061a7 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 4.1 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Jul 25, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 3, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 5, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: 6lowpan: fix NHC entry use-after-free on error path lowpan_nhc_do_uncompression() looks up an NHC descriptor while holding lowpan_nhc_lock. If the descriptor has no uncompress callback, the error path drops the lock before printing nhc->name. lowpan_nhc_del() removes descriptors under the same lock and then relies on synchronize_net() before the owning module can be unloaded. That only waits for net RX RCU readers. lowpan_header_decompress() is also exported and can be reached from callers that are not necessarily covered by the net core RX critical section, for example the Bluetooth 6LoWPAN L2CAP receive path. This leaves a race where one task drops lowpan_nhc_lock in the error path, another task unregisters and frees the matching descriptor after synchronize_net() returns, and the first task then dereferences nhc->name for the warning. With the post-unlock window widened, KASAN reports: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in lowpan_nhc_do_uncompression+0x1f4/0x220 Read of size 8 lowpan_nhc_do_uncompression lowpan_header_decompress Fix this by printing the warning before dropping lowpan_nhc_lock, so the descriptor name is read while unregister is still excluded. The malformed packet is still rejected with -ENOTSUPP.
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