CVE-2026-53175

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-06-25. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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

inet: frags: fix use-after-free caused by the fqdir_pre_exit() flush

On netns teardown, fqdir_pre_exit() walks the fqdir rhashtable and flushes every fragment queue that is not yet complete using inet_frag_queue_flush(). That helper frees all the skbs queued on the fragment queue but does not set INET_FRAG_COMPLETE, and leaves q->fragments_tail and q->last_run_head pointing at the freed skbs. The queue itself stays in the rhashtable.

fqdir_pre_exit() first lowers high_thresh to 0 to stop new queue lookups, but it cannot stop a fragment that already obtained the queue through inet_frag_find() earlier and stalled just before taking the queue lock. Once that fragment resumes after the flush and takes the queue lock, it passes the INET_FRAG_COMPLETE check and then dereferences the freed fragments_tail. inet_frag_queue_insert() reads FRAG_CB() and ->len of that pointer and, on the append path, writes ->next_frag, causing a slab use-after-free. IPv6, nf_conntrack_reasm6 and 6lowpan reassembly share the same flush path and are affected as well.

Reset rb_fragments, fragments_tail and last_run_head in inet_frag_queue_flush() so a flushed queue no longer points at the freed skbs. A fragment that resumes after the flush and takes the queue lock then finds an empty queue and starts a new run instead of dereferencing the freed fragments_tail. ip_frag_reinit() already performed this reset after its own flush, so drop the now duplicate code there.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EG Risk
49(Track)
EG Risk 49/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
24%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 25, 2026

Last Modified

August 14, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Aug 21, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat

2492840 – (CVE-2026-53175) CVE-2026-53175 kernel: Linux kernel: Memory corruption via use-after-free in internet fragmentation

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492840
redhat Patch Available

CVE-2026-53175 - Red Hat Customer Portal

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 or OpenShift Container Platform 4, is affected by this vulnerability and a fix may be released to a

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53175
generic

inet: frags: fix use-after-free caused by the fqdir_pre_exit() flush - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c22599cc90e1cd5f8129c8670bd68a02ff7177b4
generic

inet: frags: fix use-after-free caused by the fqdir_pre_exit() flush - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89b909e9704587bfecc1aab1d37e98faee03b9f9
generic

inet: frags: fix use-after-free caused by the fqdir_pre_exit() flush - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32594b09854970d7ba83eb2dc8c69a2edd158c8e
generic

inet: frags: fix use-after-free caused by the fqdir_pre_exit() flush - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e823ca0e7391630784ae7dd0981b7ad170a93d9
generic

inet: frags: fix use-after-free caused by the fqdir_pre_exit() flush - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/010c3313a4d178dc2d3ce958d2e5cb055e2864c1

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-53175(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(7)

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.0.9-1~bpo13+1 (142 versions)7.0.13-1

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

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Data Freshness Timeline

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-53175?
CVE-2026-53175 is a critical vulnerability published on June 25, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: inet: frags: fix use-after-free caused by the fqdirpreexit() flush On netns teardown, fqdirpreexit() walks the fqdir rhashtable and flushes every fragment queue that is not yet complete using inetfragqueue_flush(). That helper…
When was CVE-2026-53175 disclosed?
CVE-2026-53175 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 25, 2026, with the most recent update on August 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-53175 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-53175 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 76.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-53175?
CVE-2026-53175 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-53175?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-53175, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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