CVE-2026-99139
tcp: fix use-after-free in do_tcp_getsockopt(TCP_CONGESTION)
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 28, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 25, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tcp: fix use-after-free in do_tcp_getsockopt(TCP_CONGESTION)
do_tcp_getsockopt() reads icsk->icsk_ca_ops->name without holding rcu_read_lock(). Since commit 0baf26b0fcd7 ("bpf: tcp: Support tcp_congestion_ops in bpf"), icsk_ca_ops can point to dynamically allocated BPF struct_ops memory that may be freed concurrently via setsockopt(TCP_CONGESTION), leading to a use-after-free.
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in _copy_to_user+0x37/0x60 Read of size 16 at addr ffff888013505260 by task exploit/149 _copy_to_user+0x37/0x60 do_tcp_getsockopt+0x158a/0x2460 (net/ipv4/tcp.c:4585) tcp_getsockopt+0x91/0xf0 __sys_getsockopt+0xf7/0x170
Fix this by holding rcu_read_lock() around the ca_ops->name access, using READ_ONCE() to load icsk_ca_ops, and copying the name to a stack buffer before releasing the lock. Also annotate the relevant icsk_ca_ops stores with WRITE_ONCE() to fix the accompanying KCSAN data-race issue.
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Weaknesses
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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/a60e62705c17534d6b6539de7b3a40c259e6827f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b0930d66dde0a1d1898f0edbbb5496c4dfa5f03
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08dc5c62c09653d1c4ba67a009beb138486c2604
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1804ef016392dd91267d2207ee43b1de34302ca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8e45471afa230c1431c26c8e99ec24377e3b514
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5271b79b7ad68dcb222e893773f92bdabf7750f3
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