CVE-2026-80851 Affecting linux-6.12 package, versions <6.12.111-1~deb12u1
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- published5 Oct 2026
- disclosed4 Sept 2026
Introduced: 4 Sep 2026
CVE-2026-80851 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 linux-6.12 to version 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-6.12 package and not the linux-6.12 package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
gtp: serialize PDP context updates
PDP contexts can be deleted through GTP_CMD_DELPDP or while the GTP network device is being unregistered. The latter is serialized by RTNL, but the generic-netlink delete path only holds RCU.
Running both paths concurrently can therefore make both paths delete the same PDP context. The issue was found through static analysis and reproduced on a KASAN-enabled kernel by a simple two-thread program racing GTP_CMD_DELPDP against RTM_DELLINK:
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address KASAN: maybe wild-memory-access in range [0xdead000000000120-0xdead000000000127] RIP: gtp_genl_del_pdp+0x1c1/0x420 [gtp] RBP: dead000000000122
The second deletion dereferenced the poisoned hlist pprev pointer.
Serialize gtp_pdp_add(), gtp_genl_del_pdp(), and gtp_dellink() with a shared mutex. Keep the mutex held until the final use of a PDP context in the NEWPDP path, and keep the RCU read-side section around the complete PDP context use in the DELPDP path.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-80851
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e995498d29784a06a2b2899370a1926cfc8410d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d950e98f74af9611925a5226edced02155f6ed1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/498386b6d402737db1e2eeed4c385acbf0ef9e34
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f77ddb2756340c1b05381674ca025d52998005e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6df4f05bc2991467939d7d80b6f7e121559cc3df
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4ac2a5ce5a96ec21ed48f60d30b52b1fb22c62a