CVE-2026-99138 (GCVE-0-2026-99138)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-28 10:34
Modified
2026-10-28 10:34
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: fix use-after-free in do_tcp_getsockopt(TCP_CC_INFO) do_tcp_getsockopt() reads icsk->icsk_ca_ops and dereferences the get_info function pointer without rcu_read_lock(). With BPF struct_ops congestion control, ca_ops can point to dynamically allocated memory that is freed concurrently, resulting in a use-after-free when the kernel dereferences or calls through the stale pointer. BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in do_tcp_getsockopt+0x2037/0x23e0 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888013701258 by task exploit/149 do_tcp_getsockopt+0x2037/0x23e0 (net/ipv4/tcp.c:4564) tcp_getsockopt+0x91/0xf0 __sys_getsockopt+0xf7/0x170 Fix this by wrapping the ca_ops load and get_info call within rcu_read_lock()/rcu_read_unlock(), and using READ_ONCE() to load the icsk_ca_ops pointer.
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Linux Linux Version: 0baf26b0fcd74bbfcef53c5d5e8bad2b99c8d0d2
Version: 0baf26b0fcd74bbfcef53c5d5e8bad2b99c8d0d2
Version: 0baf26b0fcd74bbfcef53c5d5e8bad2b99c8d0d2
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