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GHSA-JR6M-PRJ2-3CFF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-15 06:32 – Updated: 2026-08-17 06:33

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

rxrpc: Fix double unlock in rxrpc_recvmsg()

Fix a double unlock in rxrpc_recvmsg() when dealing with OOB messages.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


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

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CVE-2026-74428 (GCVE-0-2026-74428)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:59 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:47

Title

rxrpc: Fix double unlock in rxrpc_recvmsg()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix double unlock in rxrpc_recvmsg() Fix a double unlock in rxrpc_recvmsg() when dealing with OOB messages.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


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

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cd8cf3052fff9a4b…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1297ae6aeebc3863c…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2f299b4d5510147f…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5800b1cf3fd8ccab752a101865be1e76dac33142 , < 8cd8cf3052fff9a4b86b25734f610e4af03786d3 (git) Affected: 5800b1cf3fd8ccab752a101865be1e76dac33142 , < 1297ae6aeebc3863cb437e42a1bc4cd6173e43d9 (git) Affected: 5800b1cf3fd8ccab752a101865be1e76dac33142 , < a2f299b4d5510147fa8629a6aba2869bbcc88aea (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.16 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.16 (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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CVE-2026-74428 (GCVE-0-2026-74428)

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