CVE-2026-74431 (GCVE-0-2026-74431)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-15 05:59
Modified
2026-08-17 05:47
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.
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Linux Linux Version: 5800b1cf3fd8ccab752a101865be1e76dac33142
Version: 5800b1cf3fd8ccab752a101865be1e76dac33142
Version: 5800b1cf3fd8ccab752a101865be1e76dac33142
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