CVE-2026-99056

strparser: make sure __strp_recv isn't running before tearing down the parser

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Oct 23, 2026
Updated
Oct 30, 2026
Reserved
Sep 25, 2026

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Description

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

strparser: make sure __strp_recv isn't running before tearing down the parser

The comment above strp_done() claims that if strp is stopped, strp_recv will no longer be called. That's only true if the caller has a mechanism (eg locking) to guarantee that strp_recv() calls that started before strp_stop() have completed by the time we call strp_done().

This adds a dummy lock_sock/release_sock pair to guarantee that any in-flight strp_recv() (which runs under either bh_lock_sock or lock_sock, depending if it's called from ->sk_data_ready or strp_work) has completed.

Only espintcp can be affected by this race condition, but this patch makes sure no future user of strp can have the bug.

This could crash on strp->sk ("general mode" of strp), but this mode has been here for 9 years and has never been used. It'll be gone soon, no point worrying about it.

Switch the stopped/paused/etc bits to u8's to avoid races between strp_stop() and strp_pause/unpause().

A reproducer has been published and turns the possible UAF into an exploit [1].

Scores

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

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 to before b09071e2f8460b35c7d355addad0fc7b31c6904dAffected
  • e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 to before 933df60a465b1b82ff92dcd6870504da90ba4e9bAffected
  • e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 to before 61cc5dac60d50dee06cf5c7b7ab246f9c825a715Affected
  • e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 to before a18dd388045dc7263d99a07db9de4e0f149ca8f1Affected
  • e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 to before 9f3e9fe1b155e9b4572054d8d140586bc3512ecfAffected
  • e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 to before d2b5f637b9b67a79a50d42614d10653c13b4e449Affected
  • e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 to before eaa3a29004c063d7e9d5ea55636f693f67e6db0fAffected
  • e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 to before 0984ebc631792acf8fff105112ee74a6b8f1efccAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 5.6Affected
  • before 5.6Not affected
  • 5.10.273 through 5.10.*Not affected
  • 5.15.224 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 6.1.191 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.160 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.113 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.57 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.2.11 through 7.2.*Not affected
  • 7.3 and laterNot affected

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