GHSA-JR77-63HQ-VHGR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-06 09:31 – Updated: 2026-10-06 09:31
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tcp: Don't call skb_clone_and_charge_r() for close()d listener in tcp_v6_do_rcv().

tcp_v6_do_rcv() no longer calls skb_clone_and_charge_r() for TCP_LISTEN since commit 073d89808c06 ("net: fix data-races around sk->sk_forward_alloc").

However, there is still a small race window between tcp_v6_rcv() and tcp_v6_do_rcv(), where concurrent close() changes TCP_LISTEN to TCP_CLOSE, causing skb_clone_and_charge_r() to be called locklessly and resulting in the splat below. 0

Let's avoid calling skb_clone_and_charge_r() for TCP_CLOSE as well.

This is fine for non-listeners because tcp_rcv_state_process() drops skb for TCP_CLOSE and opt_skb was freed immediately anyway.

WARNING: net/ipv4/af_inet.c:162 at inet_sock_destruct+0x64d/0x810 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:162, CPU#1: ksoftirqd/1/28 Modules linked in: CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 28 Comm: ksoftirqd/1 Not tainted 7.2.0 #17 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.17.0-debian-1.17.0-1 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:inet_sock_destruct+0x64d/0x810 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:162 Code: 3d 49 ff e9 06 fd ff ff e8 d0 5b 83 f8 90 0f 0b 90 e9 35 fe ff ff e8 c2 5b 83 f8 90 0f 0b 90 e9 c5 fe ff ff e8 b4 5b 83 f8 90 <0f> 0b 90 e9 04 ff ff ff e8 a6 5b 83 f8 90 0f 0b 90 e9 65 fe ff ff RSP: 0018:ffffc90000677bb8 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8880117bde80 RCX: ffffffff8957eb41 RDX: ffff88801dad5d00 RSI: ffffffff8957ec3c RDI: 0000000000000005 RBP: 00000000fffff000 R08: ffffffff8957eb41 R09: 00000000fffff000 R10: 0000000000000005 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: dffffc0000000000 R13: ffff8880117bdf10 R14: ffffffff81c08eb7 R15: 0000000000000003 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880d7ae5000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f93a1021138 CR3: 00000000207a9000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0 Call Trace: __sk_destruct+0x82/0xae0 net/core/sock.c:2356 rcu_do_batch kernel/rcu/tree.c:2645 [inline] rcu_core+0x59c/0x1100 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2897 handle_softirqs+0x1e4/0x9b0 kernel/softirq.c:622 run_ksoftirqd kernel/softirq.c:1076 [inline] run_ksoftirqd+0x38/0x60 kernel/softirq.c:1068 smpboot_thread_fn+0x458/0xc80 kernel/smpboot.c:160 kthread+0x396/0x4a0 kernel/kthread.c:436 ret_from_fork+0x8e0/0xe40 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-98300"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-10-06T09:18:20Z",
    "severity": null
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntcp: Don\u0027t call skb_clone_and_charge_r() for close()d listener in tcp_v6_do_rcv().\n\ntcp_v6_do_rcv() no longer calls skb_clone_and_charge_r() for\nTCP_LISTEN since commit 073d89808c06 (\"net: fix data-races around\nsk-\u003esk_forward_alloc\").\n\nHowever, there is still a small race window between tcp_v6_rcv()\nand tcp_v6_do_rcv(), where concurrent close() changes TCP_LISTEN\nto TCP_CLOSE, causing skb_clone_and_charge_r() to be called\nlocklessly and resulting in the splat below. [0]\n\nLet\u0027s avoid calling skb_clone_and_charge_r() for TCP_CLOSE as well.\n\nThis is fine for non-listeners because tcp_rcv_state_process()\ndrops skb for TCP_CLOSE and opt_skb was freed immediately anyway.\n\n[0]:\nsk-\u003esk_forward_alloc\nWARNING: net/ipv4/af_inet.c:162 at inet_sock_destruct+0x64d/0x810 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:162, CPU#1: ksoftirqd/1/28\nModules linked in:\nCPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 28 Comm: ksoftirqd/1 Not tainted 7.2.0 #17 PREEMPT(full)\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.17.0-debian-1.17.0-1 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:inet_sock_destruct+0x64d/0x810 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:162\nCode: 3d 49 ff e9 06 fd ff ff e8 d0 5b 83 f8 90 0f 0b 90 e9 35 fe ff ff e8 c2 5b 83 f8 90 0f 0b 90 e9 c5 fe ff ff e8 b4 5b 83 f8 90 \u003c0f\u003e 0b 90 e9 04 ff ff ff e8 a6 5b 83 f8 90 0f 0b 90 e9 65 fe ff ff\nRSP: 0018:ffffc90000677bb8 EFLAGS: 00010246\nRAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8880117bde80 RCX: ffffffff8957eb41\nRDX: ffff88801dad5d00 RSI: ffffffff8957ec3c RDI: 0000000000000005\nRBP: 00000000fffff000 R08: ffffffff8957eb41 R09: 00000000fffff000\nR10: 0000000000000005 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: dffffc0000000000\nR13: ffff8880117bdf10 R14: ffffffff81c08eb7 R15: 0000000000000003\nFS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880d7ae5000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 00007f93a1021138 CR3: 00000000207a9000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n __sk_destruct+0x82/0xae0 net/core/sock.c:2356\n rcu_do_batch kernel/rcu/tree.c:2645 [inline]\n rcu_core+0x59c/0x1100 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2897\n handle_softirqs+0x1e4/0x9b0 kernel/softirq.c:622\n run_ksoftirqd kernel/softirq.c:1076 [inline]\n run_ksoftirqd+0x38/0x60 kernel/softirq.c:1068\n smpboot_thread_fn+0x458/0xc80 kernel/smpboot.c:160\n kthread+0x396/0x4a0 kernel/kthread.c:436\n ret_from_fork+0x8e0/0xe40 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245\n \u003c/TASK\u003e",
  "id": "GHSA-jr77-63hq-vhgr",
  "modified": "2026-10-06T09:31:34Z",
  "published": "2026-10-06T09:31:34Z",
  "references": [
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    {
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56d38839ef0bff6526d9bd73b6811bd00316b21c"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/619bfbaacbff6a9822923f69f6af29d7f66a870c"
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      "type": "WEB",
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}



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