CVE-2026-74436 (GCVE-0-2026-74436)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-15 05:59
Modified
2026-08-23 12:47
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: serialize kernel accept preallocation with socket teardown rxrpc_kernel_charge_accept() reads rx->backlog without any socket/backlog synchronization and passes that raw pointer into rxrpc_service_prealloc_one(). A concurrent rxrpc_discard_prealloc() sets rx->backlog = NULL and frees the backlog rings, so a kernel preallocation worker can keep using a freed struct rxrpc_backlog while updating *_backlog_head/tail and array slots. Serialize the state check and backlog lookup with the socket lock, and reject kernel preallocation once teardown has disabled listening or discarded the service backlog.
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Linux Linux Version: 00e907127e6f86d0f9b122d9b4347a8aa09a8b61
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Version: 00e907127e6f86d0f9b122d9b4347a8aa09a8b61
Version: 00e907127e6f86d0f9b122d9b4347a8aa09a8b61
Version: 00e907127e6f86d0f9b122d9b4347a8aa09a8b61
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