CVE-2026-99139

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: fix use-after-free in do_tcp_getsockopt(TCP_CONGESTION) do_tcp_getsockopt() reads icsk->icsk_ca_ops->name without holding rcu_read_lock(). Since commit 0baf26b0fcd7 ("bpf: tcp: Support tcp_congestion_ops in bpf"), icsk_ca_ops can point to dynamically allocated BPF struct_ops memory that may be freed concurrently via setsockopt(TCP_CONGESTION), leading to a use-after-free. BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in _copy_to_user+0x37/0x60 Read of size 16 at addr ffff888013505260 by task exploit/149 _copy_to_user+0x37/0x60 do_tcp_getsockopt+0x158a/0x2460 (net/ipv4/tcp.c:4585) tcp_getsockopt+0x91/0xf0 __sys_getsockopt+0xf7/0x170 Fix this by holding rcu_read_lock() around the ca_ops->name access, using READ_ONCE() to load icsk_ca_ops, and copying the name to a stack buffer before releasing the lock. Also annotate the relevant icsk_ca_ops stores with WRITE_ONCE() to fix the accompanying KCSAN data-race issue.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

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

Published

2026-10-28 11:17:33.850000

Last modified

2026-10-28 11:17:33.850000

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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-99139",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-10-28T11:17:33.850",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-28T11:17:33.850",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntcp: fix use-after-free in do_tcp_getsockopt(TCP_CONGESTION)\n\ndo_tcp_getsockopt() reads icsk->icsk_ca_ops->name without holding\nrcu_read_lock(). Since commit 0baf26b0fcd7 (\"bpf: tcp: Support\ntcp_congestion_ops in bpf\"), icsk_ca_ops can point to dynamically\nallocated BPF struct_ops memory that may be freed concurrently via\nsetsockopt(TCP_CONGESTION), leading to a use-after-free.\n\n  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in _copy_to_user+0x37/0x60\n  Read of size 16 at addr ffff888013505260 by task exploit/149\n   _copy_to_user+0x37/0x60\n   do_tcp_getsockopt+0x158a/0x2460 (net/ipv4/tcp.c:4585)\n   tcp_getsockopt+0x91/0xf0\n   __sys_getsockopt+0xf7/0x170\n\nFix this by holding rcu_read_lock() around the ca_ops->name access,\nusing READ_ONCE() to load icsk_ca_ops, and copying the name to a\nstack buffer before releasing the lock. Also annotate the relevant\nicsk_ca_ops stores with WRITE_ONCE() to fix the accompanying KCSAN\ndata-race issue."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
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      "affectedData": [
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            "net/ipv4/tcp.c",
            "net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c",
            "net/ipv4/tcp_dctcp.c",
            "net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c",
            "net/ipv4/tcp_output.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
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            "net/ipv4/tcp_dctcp.c",
            "net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c",
            "net/ipv4/tcp_output.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "versions": [
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              "version": "5.6",
              "status": "affected"
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            {
              "version": "0",
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            {
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            },
            {
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              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "7.3",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
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            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {},
  "references": [
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