CVE-2026-74436 (GCVE-0-2026-74436)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:59 – Updated: 2026-10-16 19:05
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
rxrpc: serialize kernel accept preallocation with socket teardown
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rxrpc: serialize kernel accept preallocation with socket teardown
rxrpc_kernel_charge_accept() reads rx->backlog without any
socket/backlog synchronization and passes that raw pointer into
rxrpc_service_prealloc_one(). A concurrent rxrpc_discard_prealloc()
sets rx->backlog = NULL and frees the backlog rings, so a kernel
preallocation worker can keep using a freed struct rxrpc_backlog
while updating *_backlog_head/tail and array slots.
Serialize the state check and backlog lookup with the socket lock,
and reject kernel preallocation once teardown has disabled
listening or discarded the service backlog.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-16 18:56 UTC
Assigner
References
8 references
Impacted products
2 products
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
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(git)
Affected: 00e907127e6f86d0f9b122d9b4347a8aa09a8b61 , < 11b429b84c87cb5a0152f14e7d6cb649ed363901 (git) Affected: 00e907127e6f86d0f9b122d9b4347a8aa09a8b61 , < c20d983968f239574290cf804a58cde18ad1c559 (git) Affected: 00e907127e6f86d0f9b122d9b4347a8aa09a8b61 , < 0337cdba0c477f176c0459bed012109453184573 (git) Affected: 00e907127e6f86d0f9b122d9b4347a8aa09a8b61 , < dfa0b2bbc5e50119f89c6b5407faa5ed86dfa7c5 (git) Affected: 00e907127e6f86d0f9b122d9b4347a8aa09a8b61 , < 35a967ff8b24db09ee429c39c5b5e6571639997d (git) Affected: 00e907127e6f86d0f9b122d9b4347a8aa09a8b61 , < 1741378a7a83dfd8e53a9196730df709b903cd33 (git) Affected: 00e907127e6f86d0f9b122d9b4347a8aa09a8b61 , < dc175389b18c29a5303ee83169ec653adfae3e17 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
4.9
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.9 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.266 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.217 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.184 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.148 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.101 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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