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CVE-2026-23240

critical · 9.8

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tls: Fix race condition in tls_sw_cancel_work_tx() This issue was discovered during a code audit. After cancel_delayed_work_sync() is called from tls_sk_proto_close(), tx_work_handler() can still be scheduled from paths such as the Delayed ACK handler or ksoftirqd. As a result, the tx_work_handler() worker may dereference a freed TLS object. The following is a simple race scenario: cpu0 cpu1 tls_sk_proto_close() tls_sw_cancel_work_tx() tls_write_space() tls_sw_write_space() if (!test_and_set_bit(BIT_TX_SCHEDULED, &tx_ctx->tx_bitmask)) set_bit(BIT_TX_SCHEDULED, &ctx->tx_bitmask); cancel_delayed_work_sync(&ctx->tx_work.work); schedule_delayed_work(&tx_ctx->tx_work.work, 0); To prevent this race condition, cancel_delayed_work_sync() is replaced with disable_delayed_work_sync().

9.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
41st
EPSS percentile
2026-03-10
Published

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

Weaknesses

CWE-362

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.3.1, < 6.12.75
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13, < 6.18.16
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.19, < 6.19.6
linuxlinux_kernel5.3
linuxlinux_kernel5.3
linuxlinux_kernel5.3
linuxlinux_kernel5.3
linuxlinux_kernel5.3
linuxlinux_kernel5.3
linuxlinux_kernel7.0

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