CVE-2026-23419

net/rds: Fix circular locking dependency in rds_tcp_tune

State
Published
Severity
7.5 High
Published
Apr 3, 2026
Updated
Oct 30, 2026
Reserved
Jan 13, 2026

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Description

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

net/rds: Fix circular locking dependency in rds_tcp_tune

syzbot reported a circular locking dependency in rds_tcp_tune() where sk_net_refcnt_upgrade() is called while holding the socket lock:

====================================================== WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected ====================================================== kworker/u10:8/15040 is trying to acquire lock: ffffffff8e9aaf80 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x4b/0x6f0

but task is already holding lock: ffff88805a3c1ce0 (k-sk_lock-AF_INET6){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rds_tcp_tune+0xd7/0x930

The issue occurs because sk_net_refcnt_upgrade() performs memory allocation (via get_net_track() -> ref_tracker_alloc()) while the socket lock is held, creating a circular dependency with fs_reclaim.

Fix this by moving sk_net_refcnt_upgrade() outside the socket lock critical section. This is safe because the fields modified by the sk_net_refcnt_upgrade() call (sk_net_refcnt, ns_tracker) are not accessed by any concurrent code path at this point.

v2: - Corrected fixes tag - check patch line wrap nits - ai commentary nits

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HLinux

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 3a58f13a881ed351198ffab4cf9953cf19d2ab3a to before ce5be6703afd2ac2ff7dabd397137d71d22d4bc3Affected
  • 3a58f13a881ed351198ffab4cf9953cf19d2ab3a to before 8babb271403378ba6836f6c8599c5313d0e2355dAffected
  • 3a58f13a881ed351198ffab4cf9953cf19d2ab3a to before 8519e6883a942e510f33a0e634e27bcc3a844a40Affected
  • 3a58f13a881ed351198ffab4cf9953cf19d2ab3a to before 6ce948fa54599f369ff7fe8b793a6aae4b0762b2Affected
  • 3a58f13a881ed351198ffab4cf9953cf19d2ab3a to before 026bbaeeab9e04534ee58882b6447300629b42f6Affected
  • 3a58f13a881ed351198ffab4cf9953cf19d2ab3a to before 6a877ececd6daa002a9a0002cd0fbca6592a9244Affected
  • 2a6efabed754c9dcf27e6def71317b374f58a852Affected
  • 5.17.7 to before 5.18Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 5.18Affected
  • before 5.18Not affected
  • 6.1.191 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.130 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.77 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.17 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 6.19.7 through 6.19.*Not affected
  • 7.0 and laterNot affected

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