---
id: CVE-2026-52947
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  net: qrtr: fix refcount saturation and potential UAF in qrtr_port_remove

  In qrtr_port_remove(), the socket reference count is decremented via
  __sock_put() before the p…
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  net: qrtr: fix refcount saturation and potential UAF in qrtr_port_remove

  In qrtr_port_remove(), the socket reference count is decremented via
  __sock_put() before the p…
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
published: '2026-06-24'
updated: '2026-07-10'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-52947'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03bfa95e452e2b6ccd76a332060ae4feaf5ad84d'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2047c2aa0963bb2872fd722300a15bcb441a4c00'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2aa4c12723fe432e623462a3be42a197a128722b'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b20ec8f31e8a6a6782243f473b0abd3463621df'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/474293d90880622fde9d2430fb0165767090f7b3'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7de2d447072be3b1a76793f034432338fc9c494b'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2171131ecda1ed61a594a1eb715e75fdad0fef5'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab269990ed58143a92a263be1bee626d82ac03da'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-52947.json
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-52947'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492432'
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-52947'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-52947'
  - url: >-
      https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026062402-CVE-2026-52947-8205@gregkh/T
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65334'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67150'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67468'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67469'
tags:
  - nvd
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
epss: 0.00135
epssPercentile: 0.0241
ingestedAt: '2026-07-11T13:13:24.766Z'
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
affected:
  - enterprise_linux 8
  - enterprise_linux 9
  - enterprise_linux_appstream_v_10
  - enterprise_linux_baseos_v_10
  - enterprise_linux_codeready_linux_builder_v_10
  - enterprise_linux_real_time_for_nfv_v_10
  - enterprise_linux_real_time_v_10
patched:
  - enterprise_linux_appstream_v_10
  - enterprise_linux_baseos_v_10
  - enterprise_linux_codeready_linux_builder_v_10
  - enterprise_linux_real_time_for_nfv_v_10
  - enterprise_linux_real_time_v_10
cwe:
  - CWE-911
scores:
  nvd: 7.8
  vendor: 7
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: qrtr: fix refcount saturation and potential UAF in qrtr_port_remove

In qrtr_port_remove(), the socket reference count is decremented via
__sock_put() before the port is removed from the qrtr_ports XArray and
before the RCU grace period elapses.

This breaks the fundamental RCU update paradigm. It exposes a race
window where a concurrent RCU reader (such as qrtr_reset_ports() or
qrtr_port_lookup()) can obtain a pointer to the socket from the XArray,
and attempt to call sock_hold() on a socket whose reference count has
already dropped to zero.

This exact race condition was hit during syzkaller fuzzing, leading to
the following refcount saturation warning and a potential Use-After-Free:

  refcount_t: saturated; leaking memory.
  WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 1273 at lib/refcount.c:22 refcount_warn_saturate+0xae/0x1d0
  Modules linked in: qrtr(+) bochs drm_shmem_helper ...
  Call Trace:
   <TASK>
   qrtr_reset_ports net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c:768 [inline] [qrtr]
   __qrtr_bind.isra.0+0x48b/0x570 net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c:805 [qrtr]
   qrtr_bind+0x17d/0x210 net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c:901 [qrtr]
   kernel_bind+0xe4/0x120 net/socket.c:3592
   qrtr_ns_init+0x1a6/0x380 net/qrtr/ns.c:715 [qrtr]
   qrtr_proto_init+0x3b/0xff0 net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c:169 [qrtr]
   do_one_initcall+0xf5/0x5e0 init/main.c:1283
   ...
   </TASK>

Fix this by deferring the reference count decrement until after the
xa_erase() and the synchronize_rcu() complete.

(Note: The v1 of this patch incorrectly replaced __sock_put() with
sock_put(). As Simon Horman pointed out, the callers of qrtr_port_remove()
still hold a reference to the socket, so freeing the socket memory here
would lead to a subsequent UAF in the caller. Thus, the __sock_put() is
kept, but only repositioned to close the RCU race.)

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Vendor advisories

- **RHSA-2026:65334** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10), Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10), Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10), Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 10), Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10) · released 2026-09-08 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65334)
- **Red Hat VEX** · Moderate · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · updated 2026-09-15 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-52947.json)
- **RHSA-2026:67150** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9), Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9), Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9), Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9), Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) · released 2026-09-14 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67150)
- **RHSA-2026:67468** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8), Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) · released 2026-09-15 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67468)
- **RHSA-2026:67469** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8), Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8) · released 2026-09-15 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67469)
