CVE-2025-71148 (GCVE-0-2025-71148)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-23 14:15 – Updated: 2026-01-23 14:15
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Title
net/handshake: restore destructor on submit failure
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/handshake: restore destructor on submit failure handshake_req_submit() replaces sk->sk_destruct but never restores it when submission fails before the request is hashed. handshake_sk_destruct() then returns early and the original destructor never runs, leaking the socket. Restore sk_destruct on the error path.
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Linux Linux Affected: 3b3009ea8abb713b022d94fba95ec270cf6e7eae , < cd8cf2be3717137554744233fda051ffc09d1d44 (git)
Affected: 3b3009ea8abb713b022d94fba95ec270cf6e7eae , < 7b82a1d6ae869533d8bdb0282a3a78faed8e63dd (git)
Affected: 3b3009ea8abb713b022d94fba95ec270cf6e7eae , < b225325be7b247c7268e65eea6090db1fc786d1f (git)
Affected: 3b3009ea8abb713b022d94fba95ec270cf6e7eae , < 6af2a01d65f89e73c1cbb9267f8880d83a88cee4 (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 6.4
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.4 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.120 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.64 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.3 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19-rc2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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