---
id: CVE-2026-53184
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  udp: clear skb->dev before running a sockmap verdict

  On the UDP receive path skb->dev is repurposed as dev_scratch (the
  truesize/state cache set by udp_set_dev_scratch…
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  udp: clear skb->dev before running a sockmap verdict

  On the UDP receive path skb->dev is repurposed as dev_scratch (the
  truesize/state cache set by udp_set_dev_scratch…
severity: high
cvss: 7.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
vendor: linux
product: linux_kernel
affected:
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.0, < 6.1.176'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.143'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.94'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.18.36'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.19, < 7.0.13'
  - linux_kernel = 7.1
patched:
  - linux_kernel 7.0.13
published: '2026-06-25'
updated: '2026-10-15'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-15T02:20:03.737'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53184'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b585673a2249f13678e7ac443ac683ba767e0b6'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/263779a6beff03b8b06f6d25566cb0f45af361f2'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c94f241f776562c489876ff506f366224565c21'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6822eed69572000a181fa4e31fceacc60918c471'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d6d92d000ebe3a845a17c165c1d3a70c5d84fe1'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90d35188aaa92b8f8b23f66335e0e91bf60103a3'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784472.html'
    label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00479
epssPercentile: 0.39775
ingestedAt: '2026-10-15T03:30:12.907Z'
---

## Overview

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

udp: clear skb->dev before running a sockmap verdict

On the UDP receive path skb->dev is repurposed as dev_scratch (the
truesize/state cache set by udp_set_dev_scratch()), through the
union { struct net_device *dev; unsigned long dev_scratch; } in sk_buff.

When a UDP socket is in a sockmap, sk_data_ready is
sk_psock_verdict_data_ready(), which calls udp_read_skb() -> recv_actor()
(sk_psock_verdict_recv) to run the attached SK_SKB verdict program in softirq.
If that program calls a socket-lookup helper (bpf_sk_lookup_tcp/udp,
bpf_skc_lookup_tcp), bpf_skc_lookup() does:

	if (skb->dev)
		caller_net = dev_net(skb->dev);

skb->dev still holds the dev_scratch value (a non-NULL integer), so dev_net()
dereferences it as a struct net_device * and the kernel takes a general
protection fault on a non-canonical address in softirq:

  Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0x1010000800004a0
  CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1406 Comm: syz.2.19 Not tainted 7.1.0-rc6 #1 PREEMPT(full)
  RIP: 0010:bpf_skc_lookup net/core/filter.c:7033 [inline]
  RIP: 0010:bpf_sk_lookup+0x45/0x160 net/core/filter.c:7047
  Call Trace:
   <IRQ>
   bpf_prog_4675cb904b7071f8+0x12e/0x14e
   bpf_prog_run_pin_on_cpu+0xc6/0x1f0
   sk_psock_verdict_recv+0x1ba/0x350
   udp_read_skb+0x31a/0x370
   sk_psock_verdict_data_ready+0x2e3/0x600
   __udp_enqueue_schedule_skb+0x4c8/0x650
   udpv6_queue_rcv_one_skb+0x3ec/0x740
   udp6_unicast_rcv_skb+0x11d/0x140
   ip6_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x61e/0x950
   ip6_input_finish+0xa9/0x150
   NF_HOOK+0x286/0x2f0
   ip6_input+0x117/0x220
   NF_HOOK+0x286/0x2f0
   __netif_receive_skb+0x85/0x200
   process_backlog+0x374/0x9a0
   __napi_poll+0x4f/0x1c0
   net_rx_action+0x3b0/0x770
   handle_softirqs+0x15a/0x460
   do_softirq+0x57/0x80
   </IRQ>

The rmem charge that dev_scratch accounted for is released by skb_recv_udp() on
dequeue, just above, so the scratch is dead by the time recv_actor() runs. Clear
skb->dev so bpf_skc_lookup() falls back to sock_net(skb->sk), which
skb_set_owner_sk_safe() set just above.

## Affected

- `linux_kernel >= 6.0, < 6.1.176`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.143`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.94`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.18.36`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.19, < 7.0.13`
- `linux_kernel = 7.1`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `linux_kernel 7.0.13`