CVE-2026-74431 (GCVE-0-2026-74431)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-15 05:59
Modified
2026-08-17 05:47
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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.
References
Impacted products
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