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GHSA-P635-M8R7-FC75

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-10 15:33 – Updated: 2026-08-19 18:32

Details

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

net/af_iucv: fix NULL deref in afiucv_hs_callback_syn()

afiucv_hs_callback_syn() allocates the child socket with GFP_ATOMIC. If the allocation fails, nsk is NULL.

The connection-refused path is entered when the listen state check fails, the accept backlog is full, or nsk is NULL. The code unconditionally calls iucv_sock_kill(nsk) in that path.

iucv_sock_kill() does not accept a NULL socket pointer and immediately dereferences sk via sock_flag(sk, SOCK_ZAPPED). When nsk is NULL, calling iucv_sock_kill(nsk) results in a NULL pointer dereference.

Only call iucv_sock_kill() when a child socket was successfully allocated.

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

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CVE-2026-68141 (GCVE-0-2026-68141)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 11:59 – Updated: 2026-08-19 16:29

Title

net/af_iucv: fix NULL deref in afiucv_hs_callback_syn()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/af_iucv: fix NULL deref in afiucv_hs_callback_syn() afiucv_hs_callback_syn() allocates the child socket with GFP_ATOMIC. If the allocation fails, nsk is NULL. The connection-refused path is entered when the listen state check fails, the accept backlog is full, or nsk is NULL. The code unconditionally calls iucv_sock_kill(nsk) in that path. iucv_sock_kill() does not accept a NULL socket pointer and immediately dereferences sk via sock_flag(sk, SOCK_ZAPPED). When nsk is NULL, calling iucv_sock_kill(nsk) results in a NULL pointer dereference. Only call iucv_sock_kill() when a child socket was successfully allocated.

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

8 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a1eb5b46c19073f8…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0b6e2ae90613c2fe…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07e21deb366400199…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bb111f87ded6acb9…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46453b16f38ec7147…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33736ff5e7c97d334…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e857185591fe7993…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47a5116e56a6b6fe1…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 3881ac441f642d56503818123446f7298442236b , < 6a1eb5b46c19073f8153b7e2c19b408cf353aaf1 (git) Affected: 3881ac441f642d56503818123446f7298442236b , < c0b6e2ae90613c2fea7eaf3faa20985c6c2a1953 (git) Affected: 3881ac441f642d56503818123446f7298442236b , < 07e21deb3664001995e0a456dd627ab7dbe127ec (git) Affected: 3881ac441f642d56503818123446f7298442236b , < 8bb111f87ded6acb9837ec9b45d6f02cda94c51f (git) Affected: 3881ac441f642d56503818123446f7298442236b , < 46453b16f38ec7147351f7447e2aec6ea330f7b3 (git) Affected: 3881ac441f642d56503818123446f7298442236b , < 33736ff5e7c97d3348ce812e8bd2e125d840743c (git) Affected: 3881ac441f642d56503818123446f7298442236b , < 0e857185591fe79934427c9c0c1c31dc776be134 (git) Affected: 3881ac441f642d56503818123446f7298442236b , < 47a5116e56a6b6fe1e909f244e39cd0fc26ceee4 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 3.2 Unaffected: 0 , < 3.2 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.265 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.216 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.183 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.148 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.101 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.42 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.6 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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