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CVE-2026-99288 (GCVE-0-2026-99288)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-11-10 18:19 – Updated: 2026-11-10 18:19

Title

inet: reject unhashed sockets during established lookups

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: inet: reject unhashed sockets during established lookups TCP established ehash lookups are lockless. The socket caches involved use SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU, so memory can be reused before an RCU reader that retained its old address has finished. After a tuple match, __inet_lookup_established() and __inet6_lookup_established() acquire a reference and repeat the tuple check. They do not check whether the new object is hashed. If the address is reused for a socket with the same tuple, the lookup can acquire a reference to the new object and return it while its nulls node is unhashed. A PoC that drives reuse with a SYN cookie request socket reproduced the crash. The new request socket is unhashed and has a NULL rsk_listener. A lookup that had loaded the address of the old request socket acquired the reference published by tcp_get_cookie_sock() and returned the new object. tcp_v4_rcv() then read sk_state through the NULL listener. The resulting crash was: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000012 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page ... Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/4 Not tainted 7.3.0-00591-g0e135910deec #1 PREEMPT(lazy) ... RIP: 0010:tcp_v4_rcv+0x44e/0x1280 ... R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 00000000024ca8c0 R12: 0000000000000000 ... CR2: 0000000000000012 CR3: 0000000103d50004 CR4: 0000000000770ef0 ... Call Trace: <IRQ> ? raw_local_deliver+0xae/0x240 ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x2d/0x180 ip_local_deliver_finish+0x84/0x100 ip_sublist_rcv_finish+0x5f/0x70 ip_sublist_rcv+0x12a/0x1d0 ip_list_rcv+0xfd/0x130 __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x223/0x250 netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0x1d2/0x2c0 ? try_fill_recv+0x39/0x7b0 napi_complete_done+0x74/0x170 virtnet_poll+0x445/0x600 __napi_poll+0x27/0x1e0 net_rx_action+0x2fe/0x3b0 handle_softirqs+0xc2/0x2c0 __irq_exit_rcu+0x74/0xd0 common_interrupt+0x7f/0x90 </IRQ> ... Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt After taking a reference, check whether the nulls node is unhashed in both IPv4 and IPv6 established lookups. If it is unhashed or the tuple no longer matches, drop the reference and restart the lookup. Lookups racing with the TIME_WAIT hashdance, or with a request being replaced by its child, now restart and find the new socket instead of returning the old one. Request sockets that were never inserted into ehash can have a nonzero refcount, and a stale lookup can hold a transient reference. Therefore, when SYN cookie, Fast Open, and request migration paths fail after setting a nonzero refcount, release the references held by those paths with reqsk_put() instead of freeing the request directly.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 6643 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d69100340b4cae08d…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e5172cbd227fae32…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb8a2d156f2c1d862…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Linux	Linux	Affected: 079096f103faca2dd87342cca6f23d4b34da8871 , < d69100340b4cae08d40f898f1b601032403f6be6 (git) Affected: 079096f103faca2dd87342cca6f23d4b34da8871 , < 8e5172cbd227fae32f3313cba1f3e1b9edb5c4fd (git) Affected: 079096f103faca2dd87342cca6f23d4b34da8871 , < eb8a2d156f2c1d862fffdfd1b3432bfbcd939879 (git)	guessed
Linux	Linux	Affected: 4.4 Unaffected: 0 , < 4.4 (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.117 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.63 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.3.4 , ≤ 7.3.* (semver)	guessed

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FKIE_CVE-2026-99288

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-11-10 19:22 - Updated: 2026-11-10 19:22

Severity

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e5172cbd227fae32f3313cba1f3e1b9edb5c4fd
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d69100340b4cae08d40f898f1b601032403f6be6
	416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb8a2d156f2c1d862fffdfd1b3432bfbcd939879

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	Vendor	Product	Version

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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ninet: reject unhashed sockets during established lookups\n\nTCP established ehash lookups are lockless. The socket caches involved\nuse SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU, so memory can be reused before an RCU reader\nthat retained its old address has finished.\n\nAfter a tuple match, __inet_lookup_established() and\n__inet6_lookup_established() acquire a reference and repeat the tuple\ncheck. They do not check whether the new object is hashed. If the\naddress is reused for a socket with the same tuple, the lookup can\nacquire a reference to the new object and return it while its nulls node\nis unhashed.\n\nA PoC that drives reuse with a SYN cookie request socket reproduced the\ncrash. The new request socket is unhashed and has a NULL rsk_listener.\nA lookup that had loaded the address of the old request socket acquired\nthe reference published by tcp_get_cookie_sock() and returned the new\nobject. tcp_v4_rcv() then read sk_state through the NULL listener.\n\nThe resulting crash was:\n\n  BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000012\n  #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n  #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\n  ...\n  Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI\n  CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/4 Not tainted 7.3.0-00591-g0e135910deec #1 PREEMPT(lazy)\n  ...\n  RIP: 0010:tcp_v4_rcv+0x44e/0x1280\n  ...\n  R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 00000000024ca8c0 R12: 0000000000000000\n  ...\n  CR2: 0000000000000012 CR3: 0000000103d50004 CR4: 0000000000770ef0\n  ...\n  Call Trace:\n   \u003cIRQ\u003e\n   ? raw_local_deliver+0xae/0x240\n   ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x2d/0x180\n   ip_local_deliver_finish+0x84/0x100\n   ip_sublist_rcv_finish+0x5f/0x70\n   ip_sublist_rcv+0x12a/0x1d0\n   ip_list_rcv+0xfd/0x130\n   __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x223/0x250\n   netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0x1d2/0x2c0\n   ? try_fill_recv+0x39/0x7b0\n   napi_complete_done+0x74/0x170\n   virtnet_poll+0x445/0x600\n   __napi_poll+0x27/0x1e0\n   net_rx_action+0x2fe/0x3b0\n   handle_softirqs+0xc2/0x2c0\n   __irq_exit_rcu+0x74/0xd0\n   common_interrupt+0x7f/0x90\n   \u003c/IRQ\u003e\n  ...\n  Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt\n\nAfter taking a reference, check whether the nulls node is unhashed in\nboth IPv4 and IPv6 established lookups. If it is unhashed or the tuple\nno longer matches, drop the reference and restart the lookup.\n\nLookups racing with the TIME_WAIT hashdance, or with a request being\nreplaced by its child, now restart and find the new socket instead of\nreturning the old one.\n\nRequest sockets that were never inserted into ehash can have a nonzero\nrefcount, and a stale lookup can hold a transient reference. Therefore,\nwhen SYN cookie, Fast Open, and request migration paths fail after\nsetting a nonzero refcount, release the references held by those paths\nwith reqsk_put() instead of freeing the request directly."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-99288",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-10T19:22:32.170",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-11-10T19:22:32.170",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e5172cbd227fae32f3313cba1f3e1b9edb5c4fd"
    },
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      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d69100340b4cae08d40f898f1b601032403f6be6"
    },
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      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb8a2d156f2c1d862fffdfd1b3432bfbcd939879"
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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Received"
}

GHSA-QMMM-94CJ-PP32

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-11-10 21:34 – Updated: 2026-11-10 21:34

Details

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

inet: reject unhashed sockets during established lookups

TCP established ehash lookups are lockless. The socket caches involved use SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU, so memory can be reused before an RCU reader that retained its old address has finished.

After a tuple match, __inet_lookup_established() and __inet6_lookup_established() acquire a reference and repeat the tuple check. They do not check whether the new object is hashed. If the address is reused for a socket with the same tuple, the lookup can acquire a reference to the new object and return it while its nulls node is unhashed.

A PoC that drives reuse with a SYN cookie request socket reproduced the crash. The new request socket is unhashed and has a NULL rsk_listener. A lookup that had loaded the address of the old request socket acquired the reference published by tcp_get_cookie_sock() and returned the new object. tcp_v4_rcv() then read sk_state through the NULL listener.

The resulting crash was:

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000012 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page ... Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/4 Not tainted 7.3.0-00591-g0e135910deec #1 PREEMPT(lazy) ... RIP: 0010:tcp_v4_rcv+0x44e/0x1280 ... R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 00000000024ca8c0 R12: 0000000000000000 ... CR2: 0000000000000012 CR3: 0000000103d50004 CR4: 0000000000770ef0 ... Call Trace: ? raw_local_deliver+0xae/0x240 ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x2d/0x180 ip_local_deliver_finish+0x84/0x100 ip_sublist_rcv_finish+0x5f/0x70 ip_sublist_rcv+0x12a/0x1d0 ip_list_rcv+0xfd/0x130 __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x223/0x250 netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0x1d2/0x2c0 ? try_fill_recv+0x39/0x7b0 napi_complete_done+0x74/0x170 virtnet_poll+0x445/0x600 __napi_poll+0x27/0x1e0 net_rx_action+0x2fe/0x3b0 handle_softirqs+0xc2/0x2c0 __irq_exit_rcu+0x74/0xd0 common_interrupt+0x7f/0x90 ... Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt

After taking a reference, check whether the nulls node is unhashed in both IPv4 and IPv6 established lookups. If it is unhashed or the tuple no longer matches, drop the reference and restart the lookup.

Lookups racing with the TIME_WAIT hashdance, or with a request being replaced by its child, now restart and find the new socket instead of returning the old one.

Request sockets that were never inserted into ehash can have a nonzero refcount, and a stale lookup can hold a transient reference. Therefore, when SYN cookie, Fast Open, and request migration paths fail after setting a nonzero refcount, release the references held by those paths with reqsk_put() instead of freeing the request directly.

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  "aliases": [
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    "severity": null
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  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ninet: reject unhashed sockets during established lookups\n\nTCP established ehash lookups are lockless. The socket caches involved\nuse SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU, so memory can be reused before an RCU reader\nthat retained its old address has finished.\n\nAfter a tuple match, __inet_lookup_established() and\n__inet6_lookup_established() acquire a reference and repeat the tuple\ncheck. They do not check whether the new object is hashed. If the\naddress is reused for a socket with the same tuple, the lookup can\nacquire a reference to the new object and return it while its nulls node\nis unhashed.\n\nA PoC that drives reuse with a SYN cookie request socket reproduced the\ncrash. The new request socket is unhashed and has a NULL rsk_listener.\nA lookup that had loaded the address of the old request socket acquired\nthe reference published by tcp_get_cookie_sock() and returned the new\nobject. tcp_v4_rcv() then read sk_state through the NULL listener.\n\nThe resulting crash was:\n\n  BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000012\n  #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n  #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\n  ...\n  Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI\n  CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/4 Not tainted 7.3.0-00591-g0e135910deec #1 PREEMPT(lazy)\n  ...\n  RIP: 0010:tcp_v4_rcv+0x44e/0x1280\n  ...\n  R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 00000000024ca8c0 R12: 0000000000000000\n  ...\n  CR2: 0000000000000012 CR3: 0000000103d50004 CR4: 0000000000770ef0\n  ...\n  Call Trace:\n   \u003cIRQ\u003e\n   ? raw_local_deliver+0xae/0x240\n   ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x2d/0x180\n   ip_local_deliver_finish+0x84/0x100\n   ip_sublist_rcv_finish+0x5f/0x70\n   ip_sublist_rcv+0x12a/0x1d0\n   ip_list_rcv+0xfd/0x130\n   __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x223/0x250\n   netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0x1d2/0x2c0\n   ? try_fill_recv+0x39/0x7b0\n   napi_complete_done+0x74/0x170\n   virtnet_poll+0x445/0x600\n   __napi_poll+0x27/0x1e0\n   net_rx_action+0x2fe/0x3b0\n   handle_softirqs+0xc2/0x2c0\n   __irq_exit_rcu+0x74/0xd0\n   common_interrupt+0x7f/0x90\n   \u003c/IRQ\u003e\n  ...\n  Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt\n\nAfter taking a reference, check whether the nulls node is unhashed in\nboth IPv4 and IPv6 established lookups. If it is unhashed or the tuple\nno longer matches, drop the reference and restart the lookup.\n\nLookups racing with the TIME_WAIT hashdance, or with a request being\nreplaced by its child, now restart and find the new socket instead of\nreturning the old one.\n\nRequest sockets that were never inserted into ehash can have a nonzero\nrefcount, and a stale lookup can hold a transient reference. Therefore,\nwhen SYN cookie, Fast Open, and request migration paths fail after\nsetting a nonzero refcount, release the references held by those paths\nwith reqsk_put() instead of freeing the request directly.",
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  "modified": "2026-11-10T21:34:25Z",
  "published": "2026-11-10T21:34:25Z",
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