---
id: CVE-2026-64188
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  net: qualcomm: rmnet: fix endpoint use-after-free in rmnet_dellink()

  rmnet_dellink() removes the endpoint from the hash table with
  hlist_del_init_rcu() and then immedi…
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  net: qualcomm: rmnet: fix endpoint use-after-free in rmnet_dellink()

  rmnet_dellink() removes the endpoint from the hash table with
  hlist_del_init_rcu() and then immedi…
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: '2026-07-20'
updated: '2026-07-27'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64188'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1078ae8175777e80c9637996fb4a46c55f0ce576'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/310b93246bfec7d4452507e0c15477377ed9f025'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41e06fcc5df0774d212e70c5b503fc769492bce3'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b17adf6d4fb6bf61fa4c3f58366a7c082799a71'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9918698cf3aee4032e12bb42fd5a951dc465339b'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4e676c3505c5058922dc1a6f1ded795f6758135'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d00c953a8f69921f484b629801766da68f27f658'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f193e38cb257d033060b63f1cfd94af076b3a2ab'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00117
epssPercentile: 0.01504
ingestedAt: '2026-07-27T06:16:48.808Z'
---

## Overview

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

net: qualcomm: rmnet: fix endpoint use-after-free in rmnet_dellink()

rmnet_dellink() removes the endpoint from the hash table with
hlist_del_init_rcu() and then immediately frees it with kfree(). However,
RCU readers on the receive path (rmnet_rx_handler ->
__rmnet_map_ingress_handler) may still hold a reference to the endpoint and
dereference ep->egress_dev after the memory has been freed. The endpoint is
a kmalloc-32 object, and the stale read at offset 8 corresponds to the
egress_dev pointer.

  BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffffffde942eef
  Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP NOPTI
  CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 137 Comm: poc_write Not tainted 7.0.0+ #4 PREEMPTLAZY
  RIP: 0010:rmnet_vnd_rx_fixup (rmnet_vnd.c:27)
  Call Trace:
   <TASK>
   __rmnet_map_ingress_handler (rmnet_handlers.c:48 rmnet_handlers.c:101)
   rmnet_rx_handler (rmnet_handlers.c:129 rmnet_handlers.c:235)
   __netif_receive_skb_core.constprop.0 (net/core/dev.c:6096)
   __netif_receive_skb_one_core (net/core/dev.c:6208)
   netif_receive_skb (net/core/dev.c:6467)
   tun_get_user (drivers/net/tun.c:1955)
   tun_chr_write_iter (drivers/net/tun.c:2003)
   vfs_write (fs/read_write.c:688)
   ksys_write (fs/read_write.c:740)
   </TASK>

Add an rcu_head field to struct rmnet_endpoint and replace kfree() with
kfree_rcu() so the endpoint memory remains valid through the RCU grace
period. Also remove the rmnet_vnd_dellink() call and inline only the
nr_rmnet_devs decrement, since rmnet_vnd_dellink() would set
ep->egress_dev to NULL during the grace period, creating a data race
with lockless readers.

## Remediation

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