CVE-2026-90057

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: slip: remove slip_hangup() to fix use-after-free in slip_receive_buf() Jaeyoung Chung and Eulgyu Kim reported a slab-use-after-free read in slip_receive_buf() when racing against tty hangup. tty_ldisc_hangup() calls ld->ops->hangup() while holding only a read lock on tty->ldisc_sem (via tty_ldisc_ref()). Because slip_hangup() simply called slip_close(), it ran concurrently with reader functions such as slip_receive_buf(). slip_close() unregisters and frees the net device and its private struct slip, causing concurrent reader threads in slip_receive_buf() to dereference freed memory. Line discipline close() is already guaranteed to be called under the write lock of tty->ldisc_sem during hangup processing (in tty_ldisc_reinit() or tty_ldisc_kill()). Remove slip_hangup() so teardown is serialized cleanly by slip_close().

Severity

HIGH

CVSS score

7.8 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-09-17 17:16:54.310000

Last modified

2026-10-19 09:18:54.013000

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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-17T17:16:54.310",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:18:54.013",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nslip: remove slip_hangup() to fix use-after-free in slip_receive_buf()\n\nJaeyoung Chung and Eulgyu Kim reported a slab-use-after-free read\nin slip_receive_buf() when racing against tty hangup.\n\ntty_ldisc_hangup() calls ld->ops->hangup() while holding only\na read lock on tty->ldisc_sem (via tty_ldisc_ref()).\nBecause slip_hangup() simply called slip_close(), it ran concurrently\nwith reader functions such as slip_receive_buf().\n\nslip_close() unregisters and frees the net device and its private\nstruct slip, causing concurrent reader threads in slip_receive_buf()\nto dereference freed memory.\n\nLine discipline close() is already guaranteed to be called under\nthe write lock of tty->ldisc_sem during hangup processing\n(in tty_ldisc_reinit() or tty_ldisc_kill()).\n\nRemove slip_hangup() so teardown is serialized cleanly by slip_close()."
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