What is CVE-2026-53248?

CVE-2026-53248 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-06-25.

How severe is CVE-2026-53248?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Use After Free in Linux

CVE-2026-53248

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: airoha: Fix use-after-free in metadata dst teardown airoha_metadata_dst_free() runs metadata_dst_free() which frees the metadata_dst with kfree() immediately, bypas…

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.004 (28.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions af3cf757d5c99011b9b94ea8d78aeaccc0153fdc, 6.15, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 7.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-53248?: CVE-2026-53248 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-06-25.
How severe is CVE-2026-53248?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.