{ "schema_version": "1.6.1", "id": "RPI-CVE-2026-64525", "modified": "2026-10-07T14:35:31Z", "upstream": [ "CVE-2026-64525" ], "published": "2026-07-25T09:19:40Z", "summary": "xfrm: move policy_bydst RCU sync from per-netns .exit to .pre_exit", "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nxfrm: move policy_bydst RCU sync from per-netns .exit to .pre_exit\n\nThe struct pernet_operations docstring in include/net/net_namespace.h\nexplicitly warns against blocking RCU primitives in .exit handlers:\n\n Exit methods using blocking RCU primitives, such as\n synchronize_rcu(), should be implemented via exit_batch.\n [...]\n Please, avoid synchronize_rcu() at all, where it's possible.\n\n Note that a combination of pre_exit() and exit() can\n be used, since a synchronize_rcu() is guaranteed between\n the calls.\n\nxfrm_policy_fini() violates this: it calls synchronize_rcu() before\nfreeing the policy_bydst hash tables (so no RCU reader is mid-\ntraversal at free time), but runs from xfrm_net_ops.exit -- once per\nnamespace -- so a cleanup_net() of N namespaces pays N full RCU\ngrace periods serially.\n\nUse the documented pre_exit/exit split. Move the policy flush (and\nthe workqueue drains it depends on) into a new .pre_exit handler;\nxfrm_policy_fini() then runs in .exit and frees the hash tables\nafter the synchronize_rcu_expedited() that cleanup_net() guarantees\nbetween the two phases. Providing O(1) RCU grace periods per batch\ninstead of O(N).\n\nObserved on Linux 6.18 with a workload doing unshare(CLONE_NEWNET)\nat ~13/sec sustained: cleanup_net() and the netns_wq rescuer kthread\nboth stuck in xfrm_policy_fini()'s synchronize_rcu(), >300k struct\nnet accumulated in the cleanup queue, Percpu in /proc/meminfo climbed\nto 130+ GB on 256-CPU hosts, and memcg OOMs followed. setup_net and\n__put_net counts were balanced, ruling out a refcount leak.", "affected": [ { "package": { "ecosystem": "Raspberry Pi OS:12", "name": "linux" }, "versions": [ "1:6.12.87-1+rpt1~bookworm" ], "ecosystem_specific": { "binaries": [ { "binary_name": "linux-image-6.12.87+rpt-rpi-2712", "binary_version": "1:6.12.87-1+rpt1~bookworm" }, { "binary_name": "linux-image-6.12.87+rpt-rpi-v6", "binary_version": "1:6.12.87-1+rpt1~bookworm" }, { "binary_name": "linux-image-6.12.87+rpt-rpi-v7", "binary_version": "1:6.12.87-1+rpt1~bookworm" }, { "binary_name": "linux-image-6.12.87+rpt-rpi-v7l", "binary_version": "1:6.12.87-1+rpt1~bookworm" }, { "binary_name": "linux-image-6.12.87+rpt-rpi-v8", "binary_version": "1:6.12.87-1+rpt1~bookworm" }, { "binary_name": "linux-image-6.12.87+rpt-rpi-v8-rt", "binary_version": "1:6.12.87-1+rpt1~bookworm" } ] }, "database_specific": { "per_version": { "1:6.12.87-1+rpt1~bookworm": { "linux_commit": "ae4d75fb36deba0fe1a986d9bfae65755e082dd0", "upstream_version": "6.12.87", "assessment": "commit ancestry (strak rule)", "upstream_fixed": "6.12.93" } } } }, { "package": { "ecosystem": "Raspberry Pi OS:13", "name": "linux" }, "versions": [ "1:6.18.29-1+rpt1", "1:6.18.33-1+rpt1", "1:6.18.34-1+rpt1" ], "ecosystem_specific": { "binaries": [ { "binary_name": "linux-image-6.18.29+rpt-rpi-2712", "binary_version": "1:6.18.29-1+rpt1" }, { "binary_name": "linux-image-6.18.29+rpt-rpi-v6", "binary_version": "1:6.18.29-1+rpt1" }, { "binary_name": "linux-image-6.18.29+rpt-rpi-v7", "binary_version": "1:6.18.29-1+rpt1" }, { "binary_name": "linux-image-6.18.29+rpt-rpi-v8", "binary_version": "1:6.18.29-1+rpt1" }, { "binary_name": "linux-image-6.18.29+rpt-rpi-v8-rt", "binary_version": "1:6.18.29-1+rpt1" }, { "binary_name": "linux-image-6.18.33+rpt-rpi-2712", "binary_version": "1:6.18.33-1+rpt1" }, { "binary_name": "linux-image-6.18.33+rpt-rpi-v6", "binary_version": "1:6.18.33-1+rpt1" }, { "binary_name": "linux-image-6.18.33+rpt-rpi-v7", "binary_version": "1:6.18.33-1+rpt1" }, { "binary_name": "linux-image-6.18.33+rpt-rpi-v8", "binary_version": "1:6.18.33-1+rpt1" }, { "binary_name": "linux-image-6.18.33+rpt-rpi-v8-rt", "binary_version": "1:6.18.33-1+rpt1" }, { "binary_name": "linux-image-6.18.34+rpt-rpi-2712", "binary_version": "1:6.18.34-1+rpt1" }, { "binary_name": "linux-image-6.18.34+rpt-rpi-v6", "binary_version": "1:6.18.34-1+rpt1" }, { "binary_name": "linux-image-6.18.34+rpt-rpi-v7", "binary_version": "1:6.18.34-1+rpt1" }, { "binary_name": "linux-image-6.18.34+rpt-rpi-v8", "binary_version": "1:6.18.34-1+rpt1" }, { "binary_name": "linux-image-6.18.34+rpt-rpi-v8-rt", "binary_version": "1:6.18.34-1+rpt1" } ] }, "database_specific": { "per_version": { "1:6.18.29-1+rpt1": { "linux_commit": "66318c5b5cd8145a662303af12ed39ac07eb27cc", "upstream_version": "6.18.29", "assessment": "commit ancestry (strak rule)", "upstream_fixed": "6.18.35" }, "1:6.18.33-1+rpt1": { "linux_commit": "95b85bebbedcaedfa7ca79116ed38b7376fba412", "upstream_version": "6.18.33", "assessment": "commit ancestry (strak rule)", "upstream_fixed": "6.18.35" }, "1:6.18.34-1+rpt1": { "linux_commit": "c8c7494100e99ee05b11aaa4f0588a223a63d1af", "upstream_version": "6.18.34", "assessment": "commit ancestry (strak rule)", "upstream_fixed": "6.18.35" } } } } ], "references": [ { "type": "ADVISORY", "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64525" }, { "type": "FIX", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bca6386dc08750fc7cdcbc7683473748ba3114b9" }, { "type": "FIX", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91cc13978ab0bc6f669139f53e7e613a860d10e0" }, { "type": "FIX", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d14ae8ef88c2c6590e107db61b6adce148cec7b3" }, { "type": "FIX", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e52417318473782012b236d0325bf7d2266a597" } ], "database_specific": { "source": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git", "upstream_modified": "2026-07-25T09:19:40Z" } }