CVE-2026-52974

HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-06-24. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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

net: tls: fix strparser anchor skb leak on offload RX setup failure

When tls_set_device_offload_rx() fails at tls_dev_add(), the error path calls tls_sw_free_resources_rx() to clean up the SW context that was initialized by tls_set_sw_offload(). This function calls tls_sw_release_resources_rx() (which stops the strparser via tls_strp_stop()) and tls_sw_free_ctx_rx() (which kfrees the context), but never frees the anchor skb that was allocated by alloc_skb(0) in tls_strp_init().

Note that tls_sw_free_resources_rx() is exclusively used for this "failed to start offload" code path, there's no other caller.

The leak did not exist before commit 84c61fe1a75b ("tls: rx: do not use the standard strparser"), because the standard strparser doesn't try to pre-allocate an skb.

The normal close path in tls_sk_proto_close() handles cleanup by calling tls_sw_strparser_done() (which calls tls_strp_done()) after dropping the socket lock, because tls_strp_done() does cancel_work_sync() and the strparser work handler takes the socket lock.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(medium)
EG Risk
38(Track)
EG Risk 38/100SSVC: 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
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
40%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 24, 2026

Last Modified

July 14, 2026

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Jun 28, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

net: tls: fix strparser anchor skb leak on offload RX setup failure - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd07fe6c38b9e44ff3fc02692a53f095c5cc9afc
generic

net: tls: fix strparser anchor skb leak on offload RX setup failure - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c54e76f8d6eb11735918777ef0e0509e089557d
generic

net: tls: fix strparser anchor skb leak on offload RX setup failure - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/688f12aa44511dd57e448eb670075c6302ad1dc1
generic

net: tls: fix strparser anchor skb leak on offload RX setup failure - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58689498ca3384851145a754dbb1d8ed1cf9fb54
generic

net: tls: fix strparser anchor skb leak on offload RX setup failure - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c405dfa9619e506e75b8e41f8b29a5b99731877
generic

net: tls: fix strparser anchor skb leak on offload RX setup failure - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c9f399b37ce22a5ed94cc51f03ed07ac7f38e32

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-52974(2)

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

Patch Availability(15)

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.

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Additional Vendor Advisories

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Data Freshness Timeline

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-52974?
CVE-2026-52974 is a high vulnerability published on June 24, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: tls: fix strparser anchor skb leak on offload RX setup failure When tlssetdeviceoffloadrx() fails at tlsdevadd(), the error path calls tlsswfreeresourcesrx() to clean up the SW context that was initialized by…
When was CVE-2026-52974 disclosed?
CVE-2026-52974 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 24, 2026, with the most recent update on July 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-52974 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-52974 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 60.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-52974?
CVE-2026-52974 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-52974?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-52974, 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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