CVE-2026-23120

EUVD-2026-5916
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

l2tp: avoid one data-race in l2tp_tunnel_del_work()

We should read sk->sk_socket only when dealing with kernel sockets.

syzbot reported the following data-race:

BUG: KCSAN: data-race in l2tp_tunnel_del_work / sk_common_release

write to 0xffff88811c182b20 of 8 bytes by task 5365 on cpu 0:
  sk_set_socket include/net/sock.h:2092 [inline]
  sock_orphan include/net/sock.h:2118 [inline]
  sk_common_release+0xae/0x230 net/core/sock.c:4003
  udp_lib_close+0x15/0x20 include/net/udp.h:325
  inet_release+0xce/0xf0 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:437
  __sock_release net/socket.c:662 [inline]
  sock_close+0x6b/0x150 net/socket.c:1455
  __fput+0x29b/0x650 fs/file_table.c:468
  ____fput+0x1c/0x30 fs/file_table.c:496
  task_work_run+0x131/0x1a0 kernel/task_work.c:233
  resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:50 [inline]
  __exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:44 [inline]
  exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x1fe/0x740 kernel/entry/common.c:75
  __exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:226 [inline]
  syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:256 [inline]
  syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work include/linux/entry-common.h:159 [inline]
  syscall_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/entry-common.h:194 [inline]
  do_syscall_64+0x1e1/0x2b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:100
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

read to 0xffff88811c182b20 of 8 bytes by task 827 on cpu 1:
  l2tp_tunnel_del_work+0x2f/0x1a0 net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:1418
  process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3257 [inline]
  process_scheduled_works+0x4ce/0x9d0 kernel/workqueue.c:3340
  worker_thread+0x582/0x770 kernel/workqueue.c:3421
  kthread+0x489/0x510 kernel/kthread.c:463
  ret_from_fork+0x149/0x290 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158
  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246

value changed: 0xffff88811b818000 -> 0x0000000000000000
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: Unknown
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
3.16.57 ≤
𝑥
< 3.17
linuxlinux_kernel
4.15.8 ≤
𝑥
< 4.16
linuxlinux_kernel
4.16.1 ≤
𝑥
< 5.10.249
linuxlinux_kernel
5.11 ≤
𝑥
< 5.15.199
linuxlinux_kernel
5.16 ≤
𝑥
< 6.1.162
linuxlinux_kernel
6.2 ≤
𝑥
< 6.6.122
linuxlinux_kernel
6.7 ≤
𝑥
< 6.12.68
linuxlinux_kernel
6.13 ≤
𝑥
< 6.18.8
linuxlinux_kernel
4.16
linuxlinux_kernel
4.16:rc5
linuxlinux_kernel
4.16:rc6
linuxlinux_kernel
4.16:rc7
linuxlinux_kernel
6.19:rc1
linuxlinux_kernel
6.19:rc2
linuxlinux_kernel
6.19:rc3
linuxlinux_kernel
6.19:rc4
linuxlinux_kernel
6.19:rc5
linuxlinux_kernel
6.19:rc6
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
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Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bookworm
vulnerable
bookworm (security)
6.1.164-1
fixed
bullseye
vulnerable
bullseye (security)
5.10.251-1
fixed
forky
6.19.10-1
fixed
sid
6.19.11-1
fixed
trixie
6.12.73-1
fixed
trixie (security)
6.12.74-2
fixed