# CVE-2026-68141: net/af\_iucv: fix NULL deref in afiucv\_hs\_callback\_syn()

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.148, 6.12.101, and 2 more
- Published: 2026-08-10 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 3881ac441f642d56503818123446f7298442236b, fixed in 6a1eb5b46c19073f8153b7e2c19b408cf353aaf1; from 3881ac441f642d56503818123446f7298442236b, fixed in c0b6e2ae90613c2fea7eaf3faa20985c6c2a1953; from 3881ac441f642d56503818123446f7298442236b, fixed in 07e21deb3664001995e0a456dd627ab7dbe127ec; from 3881ac441f642d56503818123446f7298442236b, fixed in 8bb111f87ded6acb9837ec9b45d6f02cda94c51f; from 3881ac441f642d56503818123446f7298442236b, fixed in 46453b16f38ec7147351f7447e2aec6ea330f7b3; from 3881ac441f642d56503818123446f7298442236b, fixed in 33736ff5e7c97d3348ce812e8bd2e125d840743c; from 3881ac441f642d56503818123446f7298442236b, fixed in 0e857185591fe79934427c9c0c1c31dc776be134; from 3881ac441f642d56503818123446f7298442236b, fixed in 47a5116e56a6b6fe1e909f244e39cd0fc26ceee4
- Linux: 3.2
- Kernel (Linux): from 3.2.0, fixed in 5.10.265; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.216; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.183; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.148; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.101; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.42; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.1.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/af_iucv: fix NULL deref in afiucv_hs_callback_syn() afiucv_hs_callback_syn() allocates the child socket with GFP_ATOMIC. If the allocation fails, nsk is NULL. The connection-refused path is entered when the listen state check fails, the accept backlog is full, or nsk is NULL. The code unconditionally calls iucv_sock_kill(nsk) in that path. iucv_sock_kill() does not accept a NULL socket pointer and immediately dereferences sk via sock_flag(sk, SOCK_ZAPPED). When nsk is NULL, calling iucv_sock_kill(nsk) results in a NULL pointer dereference. Only call iucv_sock_kill() when a child socket was successfully allocated.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.148, 6.12.101) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a1eb5b46c19073f8153b7e2c19b408cf353aaf1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0b6e2ae90613c2fea7eaf3faa20985c6c2a1953
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07e21deb3664001995e0a456dd627ab7dbe127ec
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bb111f87ded6acb9837ec9b45d6f02cda94c51f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46453b16f38ec7147351f7447e2aec6ea330f7b3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33736ff5e7c97d3348ce812e8bd2e125d840743c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e857185591fe79934427c9c0c1c31dc776be134
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47a5116e56a6b6fe1e909f244e39cd0fc26ceee4

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