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GHSA-PVQF-593M-79FG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-15 06:32 – Updated: 2026-08-17 06:33

Details

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

rxrpc: Fix potential infinite loop in rxrpc_recvmsg()

Fix the wait in rxrpc_recvmsg() also take check the oob queue.

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

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CVE-2026-74431 (GCVE-0-2026-74431)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:59 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:47

Title

rxrpc: Fix potential infinite loop in rxrpc_recvmsg()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix potential infinite loop in rxrpc_recvmsg() Fix the wait in rxrpc_recvmsg() also take check the oob queue.

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fc5b37faec26241d…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da371b003a4a44f44…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67a0332f442ef0771…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5800b1cf3fd8ccab752a101865be1e76dac33142 , < 0fc5b37faec26241d3cbee732e29ac35ad3184f8 (git) Affected: 5800b1cf3fd8ccab752a101865be1e76dac33142 , < da371b003a4a44f44741275d5e8dc74181cbb017 (git) Affected: 5800b1cf3fd8ccab752a101865be1e76dac33142 , < 67a0332f442ef07713cd2d9c13d59db0f1c23648 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.16 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.16 (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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