Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tls: fix race between async notify and socket close The submitting thread (one which called recvmsg/sendmsg) may exit as soon as the async crypto handler calls complete() so any code past that point risks touching already freed data. Try to avoid the locking and extra flags altogether. Have the main thread hold an extra reference, this way we can depend solely on the atomic ref counter for synchronization. Don't futz with reiniting the completion, either, we are now tightly controlling when completion fires.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References10
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6209319b2efdd8524691187ee99c40637558fa33 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a3ca06d04d589deec81f56229a9a9d62352ce01 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/86dc27ee36f558fe223dbdfbfcb6856247356f4a Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/aec7961916f3f9e88766e2688992da6980f11b8d Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6209319b2efdd8524691187ee99c40637558fa33 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a3ca06d04d589deec81f56229a9a9d62352ce01 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/86dc27ee36f558fe223dbdfbfcb6856247356f4a Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/aec7961916f3f9e88766e2688992da6980f11b8d Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f17d21ea73918ace8afb9c2d8e734dbf71c2c9d7
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f17d21ea73918ace8afb9c2d8e734dbf71c2c9d7
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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4.7
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 1% percentile: 46 · as of 5 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-362
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