GHSA-7FM3-3CQW-X6WJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-06-19 15:30 – Updated: 2026-05-12 12:31
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

af_unix: Fix data races in unix_release_sock/unix_stream_sendmsg

A data-race condition has been identified in af_unix. In one data path, the write function unix_release_sock() atomically writes to sk->sk_shutdown using WRITE_ONCE. However, on the reader side, unix_stream_sendmsg() does not read it atomically. Consequently, this issue is causing the following KCSAN splat to occur:

BUG: KCSAN: data-race in unix_release_sock / unix_stream_sendmsg

write (marked) to 0xffff88867256ddbb of 1 bytes by task 7270 on cpu 28:
unix_release_sock (net/unix/af_unix.c:640)
unix_release (net/unix/af_unix.c:1050)
sock_close (net/socket.c:659 net/socket.c:1421)
__fput (fs/file_table.c:422)
__fput_sync (fs/file_table.c:508)
__se_sys_close (fs/open.c:1559 fs/open.c:1541)
__x64_sys_close (fs/open.c:1541)
x64_sys_call (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:33)
do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:?)
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)

read to 0xffff88867256ddbb of 1 bytes by task 989 on cpu 14:
unix_stream_sendmsg (net/unix/af_unix.c:2273)
__sock_sendmsg (net/socket.c:730 net/socket.c:745)
____sys_sendmsg (net/socket.c:2584)
__sys_sendmmsg (net/socket.c:2638 net/socket.c:2724)
__x64_sys_sendmmsg (net/socket.c:2753 net/socket.c:2750 net/socket.c:2750)
x64_sys_call (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:33)
do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:?)
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)

value changed: 0x01 -> 0x03

The line numbers are related to commit dd5a440a31fa ("Linux 6.9-rc7").

Commit e1d09c2c2f57 ("af_unix: Fix data races around sk->sk_shutdown.") addressed a comparable issue in the past regarding sk->sk_shutdown. However, it overlooked resolving this particular data path. This patch only offending unix_stream_sendmsg() function, since the other reads seem to be protected by unix_state_lock() as discussed in

Severity
4.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-38596"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-362"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-06-19T14:15:19Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\naf_unix: Fix data races in unix_release_sock/unix_stream_sendmsg\n\nA data-race condition has been identified in af_unix. In one data path,\nthe write function unix_release_sock() atomically writes to\nsk-\u003esk_shutdown using WRITE_ONCE. However, on the reader side,\nunix_stream_sendmsg() does not read it atomically. Consequently, this\nissue is causing the following KCSAN splat to occur:\n\n\tBUG: KCSAN: data-race in unix_release_sock / unix_stream_sendmsg\n\n\twrite (marked) to 0xffff88867256ddbb of 1 bytes by task 7270 on cpu 28:\n\tunix_release_sock (net/unix/af_unix.c:640)\n\tunix_release (net/unix/af_unix.c:1050)\n\tsock_close (net/socket.c:659 net/socket.c:1421)\n\t__fput (fs/file_table.c:422)\n\t__fput_sync (fs/file_table.c:508)\n\t__se_sys_close (fs/open.c:1559 fs/open.c:1541)\n\t__x64_sys_close (fs/open.c:1541)\n\tx64_sys_call (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:33)\n\tdo_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:?)\n\tentry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)\n\n\tread to 0xffff88867256ddbb of 1 bytes by task 989 on cpu 14:\n\tunix_stream_sendmsg (net/unix/af_unix.c:2273)\n\t__sock_sendmsg (net/socket.c:730 net/socket.c:745)\n\t____sys_sendmsg (net/socket.c:2584)\n\t__sys_sendmmsg (net/socket.c:2638 net/socket.c:2724)\n\t__x64_sys_sendmmsg (net/socket.c:2753 net/socket.c:2750 net/socket.c:2750)\n\tx64_sys_call (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:33)\n\tdo_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:?)\n\tentry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:130)\n\n\tvalue changed: 0x01 -\u003e 0x03\n\nThe line numbers are related to commit dd5a440a31fa (\"Linux 6.9-rc7\").\n\nCommit e1d09c2c2f57 (\"af_unix: Fix data races around sk-\u003esk_shutdown.\")\naddressed a comparable issue in the past regarding sk-\u003esk_shutdown.\nHowever, it overlooked resolving this particular data path.\nThis patch only offending unix_stream_sendmsg() function, since the\nother reads seem to be protected by unix_state_lock() as discussed in",
  "id": "GHSA-7fm3-3cqw-x6wj",
  "modified": "2026-05-12T12:31:56Z",
  "published": "2024-06-19T15:30:54Z",
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