CVE-2026-53361 (GCVE-0-2026-53361)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-04 11:54 – Updated: 2026-08-19 16:28
VLAI
Title
af_unix: Set gc_in_progress to true in unix_gc().
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: Set gc_in_progress to true in unix_gc(). Igor Ushakov reported that unix_gc() could run with gc_in_progress being false if the work is scheduled while running: Thread 1 Thread 2 Thread 3 -------- -------- -------- unix_schedule_gc() unix_schedule_gc() `- if (!gc_in_progress) `- if (!gc_in_progress) |- gc_in_progress = true | `- queue_work() | unix_gc() <----------------/ | | |- gc_in_progress = true ... `- queue_work() | | `- gc_in_progress = false | | unix_gc() <---------------------------------------------' | ... /* gc_in_progress == false */ | `- gc_in_progress = false unix_peek_fpl() relies on gc_in_progress not to confuse GC by MSG_PEEK. Let's set gc_in_progress to true in unix_gc().
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: ceb8bd6c69c1680fd9b45e7f16d7170c9c7513a5 , < 20aa894d475bd8086b25c1113ec4ca70f70c7a98 (git)
Affected: 328840c93bd6a4871dd10908d01b41eab83eb8e2 , < 82c17e13d404f686e164590483fd6c1abaa675d0 (git)
Affected: 8b90a9f819dc2a06baae4ec1a64d875e53b824ec , < 591f1ac217428a6d2b32a8ac14aac0fab44f155a (git)
Affected: 8b90a9f819dc2a06baae4ec1a64d875e53b824ec , < 0cfa78c050662784fc8e3ab26dbfd1dc632b2082 (git)
Affected: 8b90a9f819dc2a06baae4ec1a64d875e53b824ec , < d82ba05263c69fa2437fe93e4e561cc40f4c03af (git)
Affected: 6.1.141 , < 6.1.183 (semver)
Affected: 6.6.93 , < 6.6.144 (semver)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.9
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.9 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.183 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.144 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.95 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.38 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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      "cve": "CVE-2026-53361",
      "id": "CVE-2026-53361",
      "initial_release_date": "2026-07-05T01:58:42Z",
      "product_status:known_affected": "17",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "342",
      "product_status:recommended": "42",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2026-53361",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2026-53361.json",
      "version": "7"
    }
  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


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