CVE-2026-99054

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: destroy topsrv workqueues before closing connections tipc_topsrv_stop() closed subscriber connections while the topology server's send and receive workqueues were still running. Socket callbacks and subscription events could then queue more work, and in-flight send/recv work could drop the last connection reference during the conn_idr walk. That race produced several teardown failures: refcount_t addition on 0 from conn_get() on a connection whose release was blocked on idr_lock, a subsequent use-after-free in tipc_conn_close(), queue_work() on an already destroyed workqueue from the listener data-ready callback, and an RCU stall in tipc_topsrv_exit_net() while the walk spun under idr_lock. Clear srv->listener under idr_lock so it acts as a shutdown flag, skip queue_work() once it is NULL, destroy the workqueues to flush in-flight work, and only then close the remaining connections. Refuse tipc_conn_lookup() after that flag is cleared, and drop idr_lock when the teardown walk finds no connection, so an in-flight subscription event cannot pin idr_in_use while the walk holds the lock. v3 supersedes the narrower in-thread diff Tung Quang Nguyen posted on 2026-09-23. It keeps his teardown order and adds the lookup refusal and the empty-idr unlock.

Severity

HIGH

CVSS score

7.8 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-10-23 13:17:29.013000

Last modified

2026-10-30 13:21:42.107000

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  "lastModified": "2026-10-30T13:21:42.107",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntipc: destroy topsrv workqueues before closing connections\n\ntipc_topsrv_stop() closed subscriber connections while the topology\nserver's send and receive workqueues were still running. Socket\ncallbacks and subscription events could then queue more work, and\nin-flight send/recv work could drop the last connection reference\nduring the conn_idr walk.\n\nThat race produced several teardown failures: refcount_t addition on\n0 from conn_get() on a connection whose release was blocked on\nidr_lock, a subsequent use-after-free in tipc_conn_close(),\nqueue_work() on an already destroyed workqueue from the listener\ndata-ready callback, and an RCU stall in tipc_topsrv_exit_net()\nwhile the walk spun under idr_lock.\n\nClear srv->listener under idr_lock so it acts as a shutdown flag,\nskip queue_work() once it is NULL, destroy the workqueues to flush\nin-flight work, and only then close the remaining connections.\nRefuse tipc_conn_lookup() after that flag is cleared, and drop\nidr_lock when the teardown walk finds no connection, so an\nin-flight subscription event cannot pin idr_in_use while the\nwalk holds the lock.\n\nv3 supersedes the narrower in-thread diff Tung Quang Nguyen\nposted on 2026-09-23. It keeps his teardown order and adds the\nlookup refusal and the empty-idr unlock."
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