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CVE-2026-23239

Estado: AnalizadaAlta (7.8)—

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

espintcp: Fix race condition in espintcp_close()

This issue was discovered during a code audit.

After cancel_work_sync() is called from espintcp_close(), espintcp_tx_work() can still be scheduled from paths such as the Delayed ACK handler or ksoftirqd. As a result, the espintcp_tx_work() worker may dereference a freed espintcp ctx or sk.

The following is a simple race scenario:

To prevent this race condition, cancel_work_sync() is replaced with disable_work_sync().

Detalles técnicos trazas, registros y código del informe original
           cpu0                             cpu1

  espintcp_close()
    cancel_work_sync(&ctx->work);
                                     espintcp_write_space()
                                       schedule_work(&ctx->work);

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Vulnerabilidad de race condition en kernel de Linux (AV:L, PR:L) que permite escalada de privilegios mediante dereferenciar memoria liberada en espintcp_close(), alcanzable por usuario local.

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