net: Drop the lock in skb_may_tx_timestamp() (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-43216
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.14 % · percentile 3 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: Drop the lock in skb_may_tx_timestamp() skb_may_tx_timestamp() may acquire sock::sk_callback_lock. The lock must not be taken in IRQ context, only softirq is okay. A few drivers receive the timestamp via a dedicated interrupt and complete the TX timestamp from that handler. This will lead to a deadlock if the lock is already write-locked on the same CPU. Taking the lock can be avoided. The socket (pointed by the skb) will remain valid until the skb is released. The ->sk_socket and ->file member will be set to NULL once the user closes the socket which may happen before the timestamp arrives. If we happen to observe the pointer while the socket is closing but before the pointer is set to NULL then we may use it because both pointer (and the file's cred member) are RCU freed. Drop the lock. Use READ_ONCE() to obtain the individual pointer. Add a matching WRITE_ONCE() where the pointer are cleared.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected b245be1f4db1a0394e4b6eb66059814b46670ac3 < 4839cbda8f13e99ce2bb3b593f5cc3288415684b ; affected b245be1f4db1a0394e4b6eb66059814b46670ac3 < 3709d73ace37e9aaebb688f5a5cf706d74350b64 ; affected b245be1f4db1a0394e4b6eb66059814b46670ac3 < cf7599116c4c0082fd25cb1bf0254631da0ed06e ; affected b245be1f4db1a0394e4b6eb66059814b46670ac3 < cd2463ec60f0d6e460078037c86f9d0947ee1ff6 ; affected b245be1f4db1a0394e4b6eb66059814b46670ac3 < c770217044d9cbe16a1f7c385cf080ed06a2fc04 ; affected b245be1f4db1a0394e4b6eb66059814b46670ac3 < f3e4cceafad27c9363c33622732f86722846ec6f
Linux · Linuxaffected 4.0 ; unaffected 0 < 4.0 ; unaffected 5.10.261 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.212 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.178 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.145 ≤ 6.6.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD