CVE-2026-68397

net/iucv: take a reference on the socket found in afiucv_hs_rcv()

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 10, 2026 at 12:04 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 10:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/iucv: take a reference on the socket found in afiucv_hs_rcv() afiucv_hs_rcv() looks up the destination socket under iucv_sk_list.lock, drops the lock, and then passes the socket to the afiucv_hs_callback_*() handlers without holding a reference. AF_IUCV sockets are not RCU-protected and are freed synchronously by iucv_sock_kill() -> sock_put(), so a concurrent close can free the socket in the window between read_unlock() and the handler, which then dereferences freed memory (for example sk->sk_data_ready() in afiucv_hs_callback_syn()). Take a reference with sock_hold() while the socket is still on the list and release it with sock_put() once the handler has run.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

3.23881ac441f642d56503818123446f7298442236b
Vendor states this is fixed in 1801cb20a5025a787d6853e19c38db138344b4b4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4dc0e63abf8bc7ba8892e617c1fb8b204361e022 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4fa349156043dc119721d067329714179f501749 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5595ea59cdf29182cf6a270cacc1426c57b603de (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5739be5c19495d709d902a2912c9102ce78740d5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in bc6c6e546ffff8865daaeb622ef348c2d481e80f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c75a950e77356e526672cba4584080c6c8b793b6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e3e0679fc950191aff8f27fa78abcfc2462cff4a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.265 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.216 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.183 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.101 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.42 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.148 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

8.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusRECEIVED
CWE
CWE-416

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