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Unscored CVE-2024-26780 EUVD-2024-24042GHSA-95rc-29j2-q3vr

af_unix: Fix task hung while purging oob_skb in GC.

Published Apr 4, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

af_unix: Fix task hung while purging oob_skb in GC.

syzbot reported a task hung; at the same time, GC was looping infinitely
in list_for_each_entry_safe() for OOB skb. [0]

syzbot demonstrated that the list_for_each_entry_safe() was not actually
safe in this case.

A single skb could have references for multiple sockets. If we free such
a skb in the list_for_each_entry_safe(), the current and next sockets could
be unlinked in a single iteration.

unix_notinflight() uses list_del_init() to unlink the socket, so the
prefetched next socket forms a loop itself and list_for_each_entry_safe()
never stops.

Here, we must use while() and make sure we always fetch the first socket.

[0]:
Sending NMI from CPU 0 to CPUs 1:
NMI backtrace for cpu 1
CPU: 1 PID: 5065 Comm: syz-executor236 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc3-syzkaller-00136-g1f719a2f3fa6 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/25/2024
RIP: 0010:preempt_count arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:26 [inline]
RIP: 0010:check_kcov_mode kernel/kcov.c:173 [inline]
RIP: 0010:__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc+0xd/0x60 kernel/kcov.c:207
Code: cc cc cc cc 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 65 48 8b 14 25 40 c2 03 00 <65> 8b 05 b4 7c 78 7e a9 00 01 ff 00 48 8b 34 24 74 0f f6 c4 01 74
RSP: 0018:ffffc900033efa58 EFLAGS: 00000283
RAX: ffff88807b077800 RBX: ffff88807b077800 RCX: 1ffffffff27b1189
RDX: ffff88802a5a3b80 RSI: ffffffff8968488d RDI: ffff88807b077f70
RBP: ffffc900033efbb0 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: fffffbfff27a900c
R10: ffffffff93d48067 R11: ffffffff8ae000eb R12: ffff88807b077800
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff88807b077e40 R15: 0000000000000001
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b9500000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000564f4fc1e3a8 CR3: 000000000d57a000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
<NMI>
</NMI>
<TASK>
unix_gc+0x563/0x13b0 net/unix/garbage.c:319
unix_release_sock+0xa93/0xf80 net/unix/af_unix.c:683
unix_release+0x91/0xf0 net/unix/af_unix.c:1064
__sock_release+0xb0/0x270 net/socket.c:659
sock_close+0x1c/0x30 net/socket.c:1421
__fput+0x270/0xb80 fs/file_table.c:376
task_work_run+0x14f/0x250 kernel/task_work.c:180
exit_task_work include/linux/task_work.h:38 [inline]
do_exit+0xa8a/0x2ad0 kernel/exit.c:871
do_group_exit+0xd4/0x2a0 kernel/exit.c:1020
__do_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1031 [inline]
__se_sys_exit_group kernel/exit.c:1029 [inline]
__x64_sys_exit_group+0x3e/0x50 kernel/exit.c:1029
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xd5/0x270 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6f/0x77
RIP: 0033:0x7f9d6cbdac09
Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0x7f9d6cbdabdf.
RSP: 002b:00007fff5952feb8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000e7
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f9d6cbdac09
RDX: 000000000000003c RSI: 00000000000000e7 RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 00007f9d6cc552b0 R08: ffffffffffffffb8 R09: 0000000000000006
R10: 0000000000000006 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f9d6cc552b0
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f9d6cc55d00 R15: 00007f9d6cbabe70
</TASK>

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.1.78 – < 6.1.81, 6.6.17 – < 6.6.21, 6.7.5 – < 6.7.9 6.1.81

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.7.9-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.7.9-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.82-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +30 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +13 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2002.2 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb 6.4.0-150600.23.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +1 6.4.0-150600.8.8.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2896-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2.150600.12.4.3 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-docs +5 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-syms-azure 6.4.0-150600.8.8.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2896-1
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-17.1.1.51 SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-9.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20028-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-18.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20008-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_1 1-150600.1.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_2 1-150600.13.3.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +1 6.4.0-150600.23.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +1 6.4.0-150600.8.8.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2896-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2.150600.12.4.3 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-docs +8 6.4.0-150600.23.14.2 SUSE-SU-2024:2571-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.5.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2973-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-syms-azure 6.4.0-150600.8.8.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2896-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.82-99.168 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-784, ALAS2023-2024-603
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +14 6.1.82-99.168.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-784, ALAS2023-2024-603

Advisories 8

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