CVE-2024-26585
kernel: tls: race between tx work scheduling and socket close
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · February 21, 2024
Updated · November 1, 2026
Description
A race condition vulnerability was found in the tls subsystem of the Linux kernel. The submitting thread (recvmsg/sendmsg) may exit as soon as the async crypto handler calls complete(), which could lead to undefined behavior and a denial of service.
Statement
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 are not affected by this CVE as they did not include kernel TLS support (upstream commit 3c4d755).
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No current mitigation is available for this vulnerability. Please make sure to have kernel up-to-date as soon as the patches are available to make sure the flaw mitigated.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-362 · Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization