CVE-2026-31503

udp: Fix wildcard bind conflict check when using hash2

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Apr 22, 2026
Updated
Oct 15, 2026
Reserved
Mar 9, 2026

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Description

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

udp: Fix wildcard bind conflict check when using hash2

When binding a udp_sock to a local address and port, UDP uses two hashes (udptable->hash and udptable->hash2) for collision detection. The current code switches to "hash2" when hslot->count > 10.

"hash2" is keyed by local address and local port. "hash" is keyed by local port only.

The issue can be shown in the following bind sequence (pseudo code):

bind(fd1, "[fd00::1]:8888") bind(fd2, "[fd00::2]:8888") bind(fd3, "[fd00::3]:8888") bind(fd4, "[fd00::4]:8888") bind(fd5, "[fd00::5]:8888") bind(fd6, "[fd00::6]:8888") bind(fd7, "[fd00::7]:8888") bind(fd8, "[fd00::8]:8888") bind(fd9, "[fd00::9]:8888") bind(fd10, "[fd00::10]:8888")

/* Correctly return -EADDRINUSE because "hash" is used * instead of "hash2". udp_lib_lport_inuse() detects the * conflict. */ bind(fail_fd, "[::]:8888")

/* After one more socket is bound to "[fd00::11]:8888", * hslot->count exceeds 10 and "hash2" is used instead. */ bind(fd11, "[fd00::11]:8888") bind(fail_fd, "[::]:8888") /* succeeds unexpectedly */

The same issue applies to the IPv4 wildcard address "0.0.0.0" and the IPv4-mapped wildcard address "::ffff:0.0.0.0". For example, if there are existing sockets bound to "192.168.1.[1-11]:8888", then binding "0.0.0.0:8888" or "[::ffff:0.0.0.0]:8888" can also miss the conflict when hslot->count > 10.

TCP inet_csk_get_port() already has the correct check in inet_use_bhash2_on_bind(). Rename it to inet_use_hash2_on_bind() and move it to inet_hashtables.h so udp.c can reuse it in this fix.

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Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 30fff9231fad757c061285e347b33c5149c2c2e4 to before d6ace0dbcbb7fd285738bb87b42b71b01858c952Affected
  • 30fff9231fad757c061285e347b33c5149c2c2e4 to before 2297e38114316b26ae02f2d205c49b5511c5ed55Affected
  • 30fff9231fad757c061285e347b33c5149c2c2e4 to before f1bed05a832ae79be5f7a105da56810eaa59a5f1Affected
  • 30fff9231fad757c061285e347b33c5149c2c2e4 to before 18d84c45def3671d5c89fbdd5d4ab8a3217fe4b4Affected
  • 30fff9231fad757c061285e347b33c5149c2c2e4 to before 0a360f7f73a06ac88f18917055fbcc79694252d7Affected
  • 30fff9231fad757c061285e347b33c5149c2c2e4 to before e537dd15d0d4ad989d56a1021290f0c674dd8b28Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 2.6.33Affected
  • before 2.6.33Not affected
  • 6.1.168 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.131 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.80 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.21 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 6.19.11 through 6.19.*Not affected
  • 7.0 and laterNot affected

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