CVE-2026-43198

CRITICAL

tcp: fix potential race in tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock()

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: fix potential race in tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock() Code in tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock() after the call to tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock() is done too late. After tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock(), the child socket is already visible from TCP ehash table and other cpus might use it. Since newinet->pinet6 is still pointing to the listener ipv6_pinfo bad things can happen as syzbot found. Move the problematic code in tcp_v6_mapped_child_init() and call this new helper from tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock() before the ehash insertion. This allows the removal of one tcp_sync_mss(), since tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock() will call it with the correct context.

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 15.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-362
Status published
Products (11)
Linux/Linux < 2.6.12
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 7178e2a8027423b2af17ab95df73a749a5b72e5b
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 858d2a4f67ff69e645a43487ef7ea7f28f06deae
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - fe89b2f05b854847784f91127319172945c1fadd
Linux/Linux 2.6.12
Linux/Linux 6.18.16 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.19.6 - 6.19.*
Linux/Linux 7.0
linux/linux_kernel 2.6.12 (5 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 7.0 rc1
... and 1 more
Published May 06, 2026
Tracked Since May 06, 2026