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CVE-2026-31396 high CVSS 7.8

Use-After-Free in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-31396)

Summary

Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-31396). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

net: macb: fix use-after-free access to PTP clock

PTP clock is registered on every opening of the interface and destroyed on
every closing. However it may be accessed via get_ts_info ethtool call
which is possible while the interface is just present in the kernel.

BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ptp_clock_index+0x47/0x50 drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c:426
Read of size 4 at addr ffff8880194345cc by task syz.0.6/948

CPU: 1 PID: 948 Comm: syz.0.6 Not tainted 6.1.164+ #109
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.16.1-0-g3208b098f51a-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
Call Trace:

__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x8d/0xba lib/dump_stack.c:106
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:316 [inline]
print_report+0x17f/0x496 mm/kasan/report.c:420
kasan_report+0xd9/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:524
ptp_clock_index+0x47/0x50 drivers/ptp/ptp_clock.c:426
gem_get_ts_info+0x138/0x1e0 drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3349
macb_get_ts_info+0x68/0xb0 drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:3371
__ethtool_get_ts_info+0x17c/0x260 net/ethtool/common.c:558
ethtool_get_ts_info net/ethtool/ioctl.c:2367 [inline]
__dev_ethtool net/ethtool/ioctl.c:3017 [inline]
dev_ethtool+0x2b05/0x6290 net/ethtool/ioctl.c:3095
dev_ioctl+0x637/0x1070 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:510
sock_do_ioctl+0x20d/0x2c0 net/socket.c:1215
sock_ioctl+0x577/0x6d0 net/socket.c:1320
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
_…

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-31396 has been found in Linux kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 7.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2026-31396" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2026-31396 (Linux kernel) — CWE-416 / CVSS v3 7.8
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

Use-after-free (CWE-416) exists in Linux kernel.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.

🔥 Severity

Severity: High (CVSS 7.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.

🔧 How to fix

Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

  1. 1
    Identify exposure identify 
    Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.

    資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。

  2. 2
    Post-deployment verification verify 
    Confirm patched version is live in production

    パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

Linux Kernel
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.10.253"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.203"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.167"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.130"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.78"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.13.0"},{"fixed":"6.18.20"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.19.0"},{"fixed":"6.19.10"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

References

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