CVE-2026-99054
tipc: destroy topsrv workqueues before closing connections
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Oct 23, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 25, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tipc: destroy topsrv workqueues before closing connections
tipc_topsrv_stop() closed subscriber connections while the topology server's send and receive workqueues were still running. Socket callbacks and subscription events could then queue more work, and in-flight send/recv work could drop the last connection reference during the conn_idr walk.
That race produced several teardown failures: refcount_t addition on 0 from conn_get() on a connection whose release was blocked on idr_lock, a subsequent use-after-free in tipc_conn_close(), queue_work() on an already destroyed workqueue from the listener data-ready callback, and an RCU stall in tipc_topsrv_exit_net() while the walk spun under idr_lock.
Clear srv->listener under idr_lock so it acts as a shutdown flag, skip queue_work() once it is NULL, destroy the workqueues to flush in-flight work, and only then close the remaining connections. Refuse tipc_conn_lookup() after that flag is cleared, and drop idr_lock when the teardown walk finds no connection, so an in-flight subscription event cannot pin idr_in_use while the walk holds the lock.
v3 supersedes the narrower in-thread diff Tung Quang Nguyen posted on 2026-09-23. It keeps his teardown order and adds the lookup refusal and the empty-idr unlock.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09dbd610f78aaed65d7b379c270ce4090a8151ac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21622e5ae8b232c2e64eb1adf5546cf078d2987d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7167afaaaee37191f8b6afa0c91e0fef41460705
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f796bb3b440d7f1b14c0e3b520462eb34f553af
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da9c16568bc79140a54c1f5fcf07a0305df47b37
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0af8780bdfdfc91fb9127bddb9c48fab67dc9d9e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb717c536af2aafeca520ff11d1e0f25f7ab8fa9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3acdd44385bc7e2e57605e073691ce69cc5a960d
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