CVE-2026-53361 (GCVE-0-2026-53361)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-04 11:54 – Updated: 2026-08-19 16:28
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
af_unix: Set gc_in_progress to true in unix_gc().
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
af_unix: Set gc_in_progress to true in unix_gc().
Igor Ushakov reported that unix_gc() could run with gc_in_progress
being false if the work is scheduled while running:
Thread 1 Thread 2 Thread 3
-------- -------- --------
unix_schedule_gc() unix_schedule_gc()
`- if (!gc_in_progress) `- if (!gc_in_progress)
|- gc_in_progress = true |
`- queue_work() |
unix_gc() <----------------/ |
| |- gc_in_progress = true
... `- queue_work()
| |
`- gc_in_progress = false |
|
unix_gc() <---------------------------------------------'
|
... /* gc_in_progress == false */
|
`- gc_in_progress = false
unix_peek_fpl() relies on gc_in_progress not to confuse GC
by MSG_PEEK.
Let's set gc_in_progress to true in unix_gc().
Severity
7.1 (High)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
ceb8bd6c69c1680fd9b45e7f16d7170c9c7513a5 , < 20aa894d475bd8086b25c1113ec4ca70f70c7a98
(git)
Affected: 328840c93bd6a4871dd10908d01b41eab83eb8e2 , < 82c17e13d404f686e164590483fd6c1abaa675d0 (git) Affected: 8b90a9f819dc2a06baae4ec1a64d875e53b824ec , < 591f1ac217428a6d2b32a8ac14aac0fab44f155a (git) Affected: 8b90a9f819dc2a06baae4ec1a64d875e53b824ec , < 0cfa78c050662784fc8e3ab26dbfd1dc632b2082 (git) Affected: 8b90a9f819dc2a06baae4ec1a64d875e53b824ec , < d82ba05263c69fa2437fe93e4e561cc40f4c03af (git) Affected: 6.1.141 , < 6.1.183 (semver) Affected: 6.6.93 , < 6.6.144 (semver) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
6.9
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.9 (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.183 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.144 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.95 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.38 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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