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GHSA-246X-P35Q-QHCQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-10 18:31 – Updated: 2026-04-02 15:31

Details

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

espintcp: Fix race condition in espintcp_close()

This issue was discovered during a code audit.

After cancel_work_sync() is called from espintcp_close(), espintcp_tx_work() can still be scheduled from paths such as the Delayed ACK handler or ksoftirqd. As a result, the espintcp_tx_work() worker may dereference a freed espintcp ctx or sk.

The following is a simple race scenario:

       cpu0                             cpu1

espintcp_close() cancel_work_sync(&ctx->work); espintcp_write_space() schedule_work(&ctx->work);

To prevent this race condition, cancel_work_sync() is replaced with disable_work_sync().

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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CVE-2026-23239 (GCVE-0-2026-23239)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-10 17:28 – Updated: 2026-05-11 22:03

Title

espintcp: Fix race condition in espintcp_close()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: espintcp: Fix race condition in espintcp_close() This issue was discovered during a code audit. After cancel_work_sync() is called from espintcp_close(), espintcp_tx_work() can still be scheduled from paths such as the Delayed ACK handler or ksoftirqd. As a result, the espintcp_tx_work() worker may dereference a freed espintcp ctx or sk. The following is a simple race scenario: cpu0 cpu1 espintcp_close() cancel_work_sync(&ctx->work); espintcp_write_space() schedule_work(&ctx->work); To prevent this race condition, cancel_work_sync() is replaced with disable_work_sync().

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7ad8b1d0e421c524…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/664e9df53226b4505…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/022ff7f347588de6e…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1512c1db9e8794d8…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 , < f7ad8b1d0e421c524604d5076b73232093490d5c (git) Affected: e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 , < 664e9df53226b4505a0894817ecad2c610ab11d8 (git) Affected: e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 , < 022ff7f347588de6e17879a1da6019647b21321b (git) Affected: e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 , < e1512c1db9e8794d8d130addd2615ec27231d994 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.6 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.6 (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.75 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.16 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.19.6 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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CVE-2026-23239 (GCVE-0-2026-23239)

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