CVE-2024-26679

kernel: inet: read sk->sk_family once in inet_recv_error()

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · April 2, 2024

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

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

inet: read sk->sk_family once in inet_recv_error()

inet_recv_error() is called without holding the socket lock.

IPv6 socket could mutate to IPv4 with IPV6_ADDRFORM socket option and trigger a KCSAN warning.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-413 · Improper Resource Locking