net/packet: avoid fanout hook re-registration after unregister (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-68338
HIGH 7.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.14 % · percentile 3 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Received

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/packet: avoid fanout hook re-registration after unregister packet_set_ring() temporarily detaches a socket from packet delivery while reconfiguring its ring. It records the previous running state, clears po->num, unregisters the protocol hook when needed, drops po->bind_lock, and later restores po->num and re-registers the hook from the saved was_running value. That unlocked window can race with NETDEV_UNREGISTER. The notifier can observe the socket as not running, skip __unregister_prot_hook(), and invalidate the per-socket binding by setting po->ifindex to -1 and clearing po->prot_hook.dev. A one-member fanout group can still retain its shared fanout hook device pointer. When packet_set_ring() resumes, re-registering solely from the stale was_running state can re-add the fanout hook after the device has been unregistered. Treat po->ifindex == -1 as an invalidated binding after reacquiring po->bind_lock. This is distinct from ifindex 0, the normal unbound/wildcard state: ifindex -1 marks an existing device binding that was invalidated when the device was unregistered. Restore po->num as before, but do not re-register the hook if device unregister already detached the socket.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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 dc99f600698dcac69b8f56dda9a8a00d645c5ffc < acb40ebfa5c4d62f84339fcbf713f2a9fd033a71 ; affected dc99f600698dcac69b8f56dda9a8a00d645c5ffc < c820f4b7f2fa38f8769db0d0cefdd94e2721504d ; affected dc99f600698dcac69b8f56dda9a8a00d645c5ffc < 4628efbdc7affd094181f5263e65c1062e31f15f ; affected dc99f600698dcac69b8f56dda9a8a00d645c5ffc < 80ec024d53a05c60ad1d08968dcf745f10c1665c ; affected dc99f600698dcac69b8f56dda9a8a00d645c5ffc < 0a052e0808e015e68144a9877e6ef42b952c49fa ; affected dc99f600698dcac69b8f56dda9a8a00d645c5ffc < 1bc55c29cd85818e9052f17deb287d5a11fb817f
Linux · Linuxaffected 3.1 ; unaffected 0 < 3.1 ; unaffected 5.10.265 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.216 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.183 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.148 ≤ 6.6.*

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