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GHSA-C96V-VVF3-2P7R

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-10 18:31 – Updated: 2026-04-02 15:31

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tls: Fix race condition in tls_sw_cancel_work_tx()

This issue was discovered during a code audit.

After cancel_delayed_work_sync() is called from tls_sk_proto_close(), tx_work_handler() can still be scheduled from paths such as the Delayed ACK handler or ksoftirqd. As a result, the tx_work_handler() worker may dereference a freed TLS object.

The following is a simple race scenario:

      cpu0                         cpu1

tls_sk_proto_close() tls_sw_cancel_work_tx() tls_write_space() tls_sw_write_space() if (!test_and_set_bit(BIT_TX_SCHEDULED, &tx_ctx->tx_bitmask)) set_bit(BIT_TX_SCHEDULED, &ctx->tx_bitmask); cancel_delayed_work_sync(&ctx->tx_work.work); schedule_delayed_work(&tx_ctx->tx_work.work, 0);

To prevent this race condition, cancel_delayed_work_sync() is replaced with disable_delayed_work_sync().

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "id": "GHSA-c96v-vvf3-2p7r",
  "modified": "2026-04-02T15:31:35Z",
  "published": "2026-03-10T18:31:19Z",
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CVE-2026-23240 (GCVE-0-2026-23240)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-10 17:28 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:20

Title

tls: Fix race condition in tls_sw_cancel_work_tx()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tls: Fix race condition in tls_sw_cancel_work_tx() This issue was discovered during a code audit. After cancel_delayed_work_sync() is called from tls_sk_proto_close(), tx_work_handler() can still be scheduled from paths such as the Delayed ACK handler or ksoftirqd. As a result, the tx_work_handler() worker may dereference a freed TLS object. The following is a simple race scenario: cpu0 cpu1 tls_sk_proto_close() tls_sw_cancel_work_tx() tls_write_space() tls_sw_write_space() if (!test_and_set_bit(BIT_TX_SCHEDULED, &tx_ctx->tx_bitmask)) set_bit(BIT_TX_SCHEDULED, &ctx->tx_bitmask); cancel_delayed_work_sync(&ctx->tx_work.work); schedule_delayed_work(&tx_ctx->tx_work.work, 0); To prevent this race condition, cancel_delayed_work_sync() is replaced with disable_delayed_work_sync().

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5de36d6cee74a92c…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/854cd32bc74fe5733…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17153f154f80be2b4…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bb09315f93dce6ac…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: f87e62d45e51b12d48d2cb46b5cde8f83b866bc4 , < a5de36d6cee74a92c1a21b260bc507e64bc451de (git) Affected: f87e62d45e51b12d48d2cb46b5cde8f83b866bc4 , < 854cd32bc74fe573353095e90958490e4e4d641b (git) Affected: f87e62d45e51b12d48d2cb46b5cde8f83b866bc4 , < 17153f154f80be2b47ebf52840f2d8f724eb2f3b (git) Affected: f87e62d45e51b12d48d2cb46b5cde8f83b866bc4 , < 7bb09315f93dce6acc54bf59e5a95ba7365c2be4 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.3 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.3 (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)

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