CVE-2026-31673 (GCVE-0-2026-31673)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-25 08:46 – Updated: 2026-04-27 14:04
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Title
af_unix: read UNIX_DIAG_VFS data under unix_state_lock
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: read UNIX_DIAG_VFS data under unix_state_lock Exact UNIX diag lookups hold a reference to the socket, but not to u->path. Meanwhile, unix_release_sock() clears u->path under unix_state_lock() and drops the path reference after unlocking. Read the inode and device numbers for UNIX_DIAG_VFS while holding unix_state_lock(), then emit the netlink attribute after dropping the lock. This keeps the VFS data stable while the reply is being built.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References
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Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Affected: 5f7b0569460b7d8d01ca776430a00505a68b7584 , < b9232421a77a649c9376c99fdfc8cb7f79cad34c (git)
Affected: 5f7b0569460b7d8d01ca776430a00505a68b7584 , < 0c739f3785f84af695952c2bac8be2f45082c9b8 (git)
Affected: 5f7b0569460b7d8d01ca776430a00505a68b7584 , < 900a4e0910e98b8caef117d5df00471fa438dcf9 (git)
Affected: 5f7b0569460b7d8d01ca776430a00505a68b7584 , < bdf206e740bf2919d818f132c8c9cc7ed91d11c0 (git)
Affected: 5f7b0569460b7d8d01ca776430a00505a68b7584 , < 39897df386376912d561d4946499379effa1e7ef (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 3.3
Unaffected: 0 , < 3.3 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.136 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.83 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.24 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.14 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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