GHSA-CX6C-45WP-F5PR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-03 18:31 – Updated: 2026-04-18 09:30
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/rose: fix NULL pointer dereference in rose_transmit_link on reconnect

syzkaller reported a bug [1], and the reproducer is available at [2].

ROSE sockets use four sk->sk_state values: TCP_CLOSE, TCP_LISTEN, TCP_SYN_SENT, and TCP_ESTABLISHED. rose_connect() already rejects calls for TCP_ESTABLISHED (-EISCONN) and TCP_CLOSE with SS_CONNECTING (-ECONNREFUSED), but lacks a check for TCP_SYN_SENT.

When rose_connect() is called a second time while the first connection attempt is still in progress (TCP_SYN_SENT), it overwrites rose->neighbour via rose_get_neigh(). If that returns NULL, the socket is left with rose->state == ROSE_STATE_1 but rose->neighbour == NULL. When the socket is subsequently closed, rose_release() sees ROSE_STATE_1 and calls rose_write_internal() -> rose_transmit_link(skb, NULL), causing a NULL pointer dereference.

Per connect(2), a second connect() while a connection is already in progress should return -EALREADY. Add this missing check for TCP_SYN_SENT to complete the state validation in rose_connect().

[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=d00f90e0af54102fb271 [2] https://gist.github.com/mrpre/9e6779e0d13e2c66779b1653fef80516

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-23460"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
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    "nvd_published_at": "2026-04-03T16:16:32Z",
    "severity": null
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  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/rose: fix NULL pointer dereference in rose_transmit_link on reconnect\n\nsyzkaller reported a bug [1], and the reproducer is available at [2].\n\nROSE sockets use four sk-\u003esk_state values: TCP_CLOSE, TCP_LISTEN,\nTCP_SYN_SENT, and TCP_ESTABLISHED. rose_connect() already rejects\ncalls for TCP_ESTABLISHED (-EISCONN) and TCP_CLOSE with SS_CONNECTING\n(-ECONNREFUSED), but lacks a check for TCP_SYN_SENT.\n\nWhen rose_connect() is called a second time while the first connection\nattempt is still in progress (TCP_SYN_SENT), it overwrites\nrose-\u003eneighbour via rose_get_neigh(). If that returns NULL, the socket\nis left with rose-\u003estate == ROSE_STATE_1 but rose-\u003eneighbour == NULL.\nWhen the socket is subsequently closed, rose_release() sees\nROSE_STATE_1 and calls rose_write_internal() -\u003e\nrose_transmit_link(skb, NULL), causing a NULL pointer dereference.\n\nPer connect(2), a second connect() while a connection is already in\nprogress should return -EALREADY. Add this missing check for\nTCP_SYN_SENT to complete the state validation in rose_connect().\n\n[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=d00f90e0af54102fb271\n[2] https://gist.github.com/mrpre/9e6779e0d13e2c66779b1653fef80516",
  "id": "GHSA-cx6c-45wp-f5pr",
  "modified": "2026-04-18T09:30:19Z",
  "published": "2026-04-03T18:31:22Z",
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