CVE-2026-45998 | rxrpc: Fix potential UAF after skb_unshare() failure

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix potential UAF after skb_unshare() failure If skb_unshare() fails to unshare a packet due to allocation failure in rxrpc_input_packet(), the skb pointer in the parent (rxrpc_io_thread()) will be NULL'd out. This will likely cause the call to trace_rxrpc_rx_done() to oops. Fix this by moving the unsharing down to where rxrpc_input_call_event() calls rxrpc_input_call_packet(). There are a number of places prior to that where we ignore DATA packets for a variety of reasons (such as the call already being complete) for which an unshare is then avoided. And with that, rxrpc_input_packet() doesn't need to take a pointer to the pointer to the packet, so change that to just a pointer.

Published: 2026-05-27 Last update: 2026-05-27 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-45998 is rated Low Risk (5.2/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-45998

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# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-28 0.02%

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GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-45998

GHSA-mjcm-hf7x-hm3w · Severity: unknown — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix potential UAF...

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-45998

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2026-45998 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-45998
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45998
suse medium https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45998/
ubuntu medium CVE-2026-45998 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1422 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, resolute, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1024, ignored 169, released 132, not-affected 79, pending 9, needed 5, needs-triage 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-45998

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-45998

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References for CVE-2026-45998

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