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Unscored CVE-2026-64177 EUVD-2026-45862GHSA-g3fg-4885-2jhq

phonet/pep: disable BH around forwarded sk_receive_skb()

Published Jul 19, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.4 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.14 Package: linux-aws-6.17 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-6.8 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-aws-hwe Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-4.15 Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.4 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.14 Package: linux-azure-6.17 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-6.8 Package: linux-azure-7.0 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.15 Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.14 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.17 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.8 Package: linux-azure-fde-7.0 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-azure-nvidia Package: linux-azure-nvidia-6.14 Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-4.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.4 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.14 Package: linux-gcp-6.17 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-6.8 Package: linux-gcp-7.0 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.14 Package: linux-hwe-6.17 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-hwe-7.0 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.15 Package: linux-ibm-5.4 Package: linux-ibm-6.8 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-iot Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-lts-xenial Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.11 Package: linux-nvidia-6.17 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia-7.0 Package: linux-nvidia-bos Package: linux-nvidia-lowlatency Package: linux-nvidia-tegra Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 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-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.14 Package: linux-oem-6.17 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oem-7.0 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.14 Package: linux-oracle-6.17 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-6.8 Package: linux-oracle-7.0 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-realtime-6.14 Package: linux-realtime-6.17 Package: linux-realtime-6.8 Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.14 Package: linux-riscv-6.17 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-riscv-6.8 Package: linux-riscv-7.0 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

phonet/pep: disable BH around forwarded sk_receive_skb()

The networking receive path is usually run from softirq context, but
protocols that take the socket lock may have packets stored in the
backlog and processed later from process context. In that case
release_sock() -> __release_sock() drops the slock with spin_unlock_bh()
and then calls sk->sk_backlog_rcv() with bottom halves enabled.

Typical sk_backlog_rcv handlers process the socket whose backlog is
being drained, so the BH state at entry is irrelevant for the slocks
they touch. pep_do_rcv() is different: when the inbound skb targets an
existing PEP pipe, it forwards the skb to a different *child* socket
via sk_receive_skb(). That helper takes the child slock with
bh_lock_sock_nested(), which is just spin_lock_nested() and assumes BH
is already off. The same child slock therefore ends up acquired with
BH on (process path) and with BH off (softirq path):

process context softirq context
--------------- ---------------
release_sock(listener) __netif_receive_skb()
__release_sock() phonet_rcv()
spin_unlock_bh() __sk_receive_skb(listener)
[BH now ENABLED] [BH already disabled]
sk_backlog_rcv: sk_backlog_rcv:
pep_do_rcv() pep_do_rcv()
sk_receive_skb(child) sk_receive_skb(child)
bh_lock_sock_nested(child) bh_lock_sock_nested(child)
=> SOFTIRQ-ON-W => IN-SOFTIRQ-W

Lockdep flags this as inconsistent lock state, and it can become a real
self-deadlock if a softirq on the same CPU tries to receive to the same
child socket while its slock is held in the BH-enabled path:

WARNING: inconsistent lock state
inconsistent {SOFTIRQ-ON-W} -> {IN-SOFTIRQ-W} usage.
(slock-AF_PHONET/1){+.?.}-{3:3}, at: __sk_receive_skb+0x1cf/0x900
__sk_receive_skb net/core/sock.c:563
sk_receive_skb include/net/sock.h:2022 [inline]
pep_do_rcv net/phonet/pep.c:675
sk_backlog_rcv include/net/sock.h:1190
__release_sock net/core/sock.c:3216
release_sock net/core/sock.c:3815
pep_sock_accept net/phonet/pep.c:879

Wrap the forwarded sk_receive_skb() in local_bh_disable() /
local_bh_enable() so the child slock is always acquired with BH off.
local_bh_disable() nests safely on the softirq path.

Discovered via in-house syzkaller fuzzing; the same root cause also
on the linux-6.1.y syzbot dashboard as extid 44f0626dd6284f02663c.
Reproduced under KASAN + LOCKDEP + PROVE_LOCKING, reproducer:
https://pastebin.com/A3t8xzCR

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 2.6.28 5.10.258

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 7.0.12-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.94-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.176-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 24.04 LTS linux-bluefield 6.8.0-1030.35 —
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1096.98 —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux 7.0.0-28.28 —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux-aws +2 7.0.0-1009.9 USN-8618-1, USN-8603-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux-gcp +1 7.0.0-1008.8 USN-8593-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux-gke 7.0.0-1003.4 —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 7.0.0-1010.10 USN-8603-1, USN-8593-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux-nvidia 7.0.0-1016.16 USN-8663-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux-nvidia-bos 7.0.0-2016.16 USN-8664-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux-raspi 7.0.0-1015.15 USN-8618-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS linux-riscv +1 7.0.0-28.28.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-139.139 USN-8729-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1064.67 USN-8729-6
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-7.0 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1 USN-8728-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 6.8.0-1065.72 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-7.0 7.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp +1 6.8.0-1067.75 USN-8761-1, USN-8729-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-7.0 +1 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1 USN-8728-3, USN-8728-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1062.70 USN-8729-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1049.53 USN-8729-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-hwe-7.0 7.0.0-28.28~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1064.65 USN-8729-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-139.139.1 USN-8729-4
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia 6.8.0-1062.65 USN-8729-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-7.0 7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1 USN-8663-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1062.65.1 USN-8729-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 6.8.0-1035.38 USN-8781-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1061.64 USN-8802-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1064.68 USN-8729-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv-7.0 7.0.0-28.28.1~24.04.3 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-vmware 6.8.0-1008.8 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1036.37 USN-8729-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux 5.15.0-186.196 USN-8575-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1112.119 USN-8575-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1064.67~22.04.1 USN-8729-6
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure +1 5.15.0-1117.126 USN-8610-1, USN-8575-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-6.8 6.8.0-1065.72~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1112.122 USN-8575-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 +1 6.8.0-1067.75~22.04.1 USN-8761-3, USN-8729-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1108.114 USN-8575-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1095.103 USN-8575-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-149.149~22.04.1 USN-9066-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.15.0-1106.110 USN-8575-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1066.67~22.04.1 USN-8906-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1107.113 USN-8620-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1104.109 USN-8575-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 5.15.0-184.194 USN-8575-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-139.139.1~22.04.1 USN-8729-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1107.108 USN-8575-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.8 6.8.0-1062.65~22.04.1 USN-8729-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1064.66 USN-8576-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1053.53 USN-8576-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1109.115 USN-8575-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1061.64~22.04.1 USN-8802-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.15.0-1106.109 USN-8668-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 6.8.0-139.139~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1075.79 USN-8575-1
Show 18 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2053.55 USN-8729-2
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1059.60 USN-8729-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.14 +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1104.106 USN-8620-3
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1111.120 USN-8575-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1059.60~22.04.1 USN-8729-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 6.8.0-1064.67+fips1 USN-8729-5
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-139.139+fips1 USN-8729-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips +1 6.8.0-1067.75+fips1 USN-8761-2, USN-8729-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.15.0-1112.119+fips1 USN-8575-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.15.0-1117.126+fips1 USN-8620-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-186.196+fips1 USN-8575-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1112.122+fips1 USN-8575-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1112.119~20.04.1 USN-8575-2
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1117.126~20.04.1 USN-8620-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15 5.15.0-1117.126~20.04.2 USN-8620-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1112.122~20.04.1 USN-8668-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-186.196~20.04.1 USN-8575-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 +1 5.15.0-1106.110~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1107.113~20.04.1 USN-8620-3
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-184.194~20.04.1 USN-8575-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1064.66~20.04.1 USN-8576-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1109.115~20.04.1 USN-8620-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux +12 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux +7 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux +3 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 kernel-64kb +8 6.12.0-160000.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1
SLES for SAP 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.38.1.160000.2.23 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1
SLES 16.0 kernel-64kb +8 6.12.0-160000.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23897-1
SLES 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.38.1.160000.2.23 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1
SLE Micro 6.2 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.38.1.160000.2.23 SUSE-SU-2026:23887-1
SLE Micro 6.2 kernel-rt +5 6.12.0-160000.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23887-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23881-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.38.1.160000.2.22 openSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 kernel-rt +11 6.12.0-160000.38.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1

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