net/handshake: Take a long-lived file reference at submit (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-64523
CRITICAL 9.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.45 % · percentile 39 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Received

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/handshake: Take a long-lived file reference at submit handshake_nl_accept_doit() needs the file pointer backing req->hr_sk->sk_socket to survive the window between handshake_req_next() and the subsequent FD_PREPARE() and get_file(). The submit-side sock_hold() does not provide that. sk_refcnt keeps struct sock alive, but struct socket is owned by sock->file: when the consumer fputs the last file reference, sock_release() tears the socket down regardless of any sock_hold. Add an hr_file pointer to struct handshake_req and acquire an explicit reference on sock->file during handshake_req_submit(). handshake_complete() and handshake_req_cancel() release the reference on the completion-bit-winning path. The submit error path must also release the file reference, but after rhashtable insertion a concurrent handshake_req_cancel() can discover the request and race the error path. Gate the error-path cleanup -- sk_destruct restoration, fput, and request destruction -- with test_and_set_bit(HANDSHAKE_F_REQ_COMPLETED), the same serialization handshake_complete() and handshake_req_cancel() already use. When cancel has already claimed ownership, the submit error path returns without touching the request; socket teardown handles final destruction. The accept-side dereferences are not yet retargeted; that change comes in the next patch.

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux
CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 3b3009ea8abb713b022d94fba95ec270cf6e7eae < 22e371a93563c30ebebc576db049785e0d7fc617 ; affected 3b3009ea8abb713b022d94fba95ec270cf6e7eae < 685b10dd0e32c7782cead16c8cf055c609678583 ; affected 3b3009ea8abb713b022d94fba95ec270cf6e7eae < b913801ad9b9a51437d84d030ec6843e08976bd6 ; affected 3b3009ea8abb713b022d94fba95ec270cf6e7eae < 16eaba5aa89c04eea125905bb8f988c1897f4f29 ; affected 3b3009ea8abb713b022d94fba95ec270cf6e7eae < 09dba37eee70d0596e26645015f1aa95a9848e9d
Linux · Linuxaffected 6.4 ; unaffected 0 < 6.4 ; unaffected 6.6.160 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.93 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.44 ≤ 6.18.* ; unaffected 7.0.12 ≤ 7.0.*

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