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CVE-2026-74428 (GCVE-0-2026-74428)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:59 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:47
VLAI
Title
rxrpc: Fix double unlock in rxrpc_recvmsg()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix double unlock in rxrpc_recvmsg() Fix a double unlock in rxrpc_recvmsg() when dealing with OOB messages.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 5800b1cf3fd8ccab752a101865be1e76dac33142 , < 8cd8cf3052fff9a4b86b25734f610e4af03786d3 (git)
Affected: 5800b1cf3fd8ccab752a101865be1e76dac33142 , < 1297ae6aeebc3863cb437e42a1bc4cd6173e43d9 (git)
Affected: 5800b1cf3fd8ccab752a101865be1e76dac33142 , < a2f299b4d5510147fa8629a6aba2869bbcc88aea (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.16
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.16 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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