CVE-2026-23239 (GCVE-0-2026-23239)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-10 17:28 – Updated: 2026-10-19 18:35
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
espintcp: Fix race condition in espintcp_close()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
espintcp: Fix race condition in espintcp_close()
This issue was discovered during a code audit.
After cancel_work_sync() is called from espintcp_close(),
espintcp_tx_work() can still be scheduled from paths such as
the Delayed ACK handler or ksoftirqd.
As a result, the espintcp_tx_work() worker may dereference a
freed espintcp ctx or sk.
The following is a simple race scenario:
cpu0 cpu1
espintcp_close()
cancel_work_sync(&ctx->work);
espintcp_write_space()
schedule_work(&ctx->work);
To prevent this race condition, cancel_work_sync() is
replaced with disable_work_sync().
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-16 15:06 UTC
CWE
- CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 , < f7ad8b1d0e421c524604d5076b73232093490d5c
(git)
Affected: e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 , < 664e9df53226b4505a0894817ecad2c610ab11d8 (git) Affected: e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 , < 022ff7f347588de6e17879a1da6019647b21321b (git) Affected: e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 , < e1512c1db9e8794d8d130addd2615ec27231d994 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
5.6
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.6 (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.75 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.16 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.19.6 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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