CVE-2026-23240 (GCVE-0-2026-23240)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-10 17:28 – Updated: 2026-03-10 17:28
VLAI?
Title
tls: Fix race condition in tls_sw_cancel_work_tx()
Summary
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().
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
f87e62d45e51b12d48d2cb46b5cde8f83b866bc4 , < a5de36d6cee74a92c1a21b260bc507e64bc451de
(git)
Affected: f87e62d45e51b12d48d2cb46b5cde8f83b866bc4 , < 854cd32bc74fe573353095e90958490e4e4d641b (git) Affected: f87e62d45e51b12d48d2cb46b5cde8f83b866bc4 , < 17153f154f80be2b47ebf52840f2d8f724eb2f3b (git) Affected: f87e62d45e51b12d48d2cb46b5cde8f83b866bc4 , < 7bb09315f93dce6acc54bf59e5a95ba7365c2be4 (git) |
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