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
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
| 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 |
|---|---|
LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b09071e2f8460b35c7d355addad0fc7b31c6904d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/933df60a465b1b82ff92dcd6870504da90ba4e9b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61cc5dac60d50dee06cf5c7b7ab246f9c825a715
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a18dd388045dc7263d99a07db9de4e0f149ca8f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f3e9fe1b155e9b4572054d8d140586bc3512ecf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2b5f637b9b67a79a50d42614d10653c13b4e449
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eaa3a29004c063d7e9d5ea55636f693f67e6db0f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0984ebc631792acf8fff105112ee74a6b8f1efcc
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