CVE-2026-99056

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: strparser: make sure __strp_recv isn't running before tearing down the parser The comment above strp_done() claims that if strp is stopped, strp_recv will no longer be called. That's only true if the caller has a mechanism (eg locking) to guarantee that strp_recv() calls that started before strp_stop() have completed by the time we call strp_done(). This adds a dummy lock_sock/release_sock pair to guarantee that any in-flight strp_recv() (which runs under either bh_lock_sock or lock_sock, depending if it's called from ->sk_data_ready or strp_work) has completed. Only espintcp can be affected by this race condition, but this patch makes sure no future user of strp can have the bug. This could crash on strp->sk ("general mode" of strp), but this mode has been here for 9 years and has never been used. It'll be gone soon, no point worrying about it. Switch the stopped/paused/etc bits to u8's to avoid races between strp_stop() and strp_pause/unpause(). A reproducer has been published and turns the possible UAF into an exploit [1].

Severity

HIGH

CVSS score

7.8 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

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

Published

2026-10-23 13:17:29.257000

Last modified

2026-10-30 13:21:42.260000

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  "published": "2026-10-23T13:17:29.257",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-30T13:21:42.260",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nstrparser: make sure __strp_recv isn't running before tearing down the parser\n\nThe comment above strp_done() claims that if strp is stopped,\nstrp_recv will no longer be called. That's only true if the caller has\na mechanism (eg locking) to guarantee that strp_recv() calls that\nstarted before strp_stop() have completed by the time we call\nstrp_done().\n\nThis adds a dummy lock_sock/release_sock pair to guarantee that any\nin-flight strp_recv() (which runs under either bh_lock_sock or\nlock_sock, depending if it's called from ->sk_data_ready or strp_work)\nhas completed.\n\nOnly espintcp can be affected by this race condition, but this patch\nmakes sure no future user of strp can have the bug.\n\nThis could crash on strp->sk (\"general mode\" of strp), but this mode\nhas been here for 9 years and has never been used. It'll be gone soon,\nno point worrying about it.\n\nSwitch the stopped/paused/etc bits to u8's to avoid races between\nstrp_stop() and strp_pause/unpause().\n\nA reproducer has been published and turns the possible UAF into an\nexploit [1]."
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