CVE-2026-68397 in LinuxИнформация

Сводка

по MITRE • 10.08.2026

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

net/iucv: take a reference on the socket found in afiucv_hs_rcv()

afiucv_hs_rcv() looks up the destination socket under iucv_sk_list.lock, drops the lock, and then passes the socket to the afiucv_hs_callback_*() handlers without holding a reference. AF_IUCV sockets are not RCU-protected and are freed synchronously by iucv_sock_kill() -> sock_put(), so a concurrent close can free the socket in the window between read_unlock() and the handler, which then dereferences freed memory (for example sk->sk_data_ready() in afiucv_hs_callback_syn()).

Take a reference with sock_hold() while the socket is still on the list and release it with sock_put() once the handler has run.

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Ответственный

Linux

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30.07.2026

Раскрытие

10.08.2026

Модерация

принято

Вход

VDB-387806

EPSS

0.00000

KEV

Нет

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