packet: synchronize pressure clearing with ring reconfiguration
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: packet: synchronize pressure clearing with ring reconfiguration packet_set_ring() updates the RX ring state under sk_receive_queue.lock, but used to publish the tpacket receive mode through po->prot_hook.func after releasing that lock. packet_poll() and packet_recvmsg() can then run the pressure clearing path after the ring has been cleared while still seeing tpacket_rcv, causing __packet_rcv_has_room() to dereference stale or NULL ring storage. Move the existing receive hook assignment into the same sk_receive_queue.lock section as the ring state update. Keep the assignment otherwise unchanged, including on TX ring reconfiguration, to avoid adding behavior changes that are not required for the fix. Serialize packet_recvmsg() pressure clearing with the same queue lock only after PACKET_SOCK_PRESSURE has been observed. If the flag is clear and the socket has moved away from tpacket_rcv, packet_set_ring() has already detached the socket and waited for synchronize_net(), so no new packet input can set the flag again. packet_poll() already holds sk_receive_queue.lock, so it uses the new unlocked helper directly.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.267, 5.15.218, 6.1.185, 6.6.152, 6.12.104, 6.18.45, 7.1.9, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-74666
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qv67-9r8f-5pqx
- 2026-10-18 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-26 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-26 CVSS score changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf3c8e86bc8ad111be3f3136125e255344bcb3da
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cfb2e71926a682f36c4240067d424074dd8f70f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f015c9de92b731814059a343b765c60c0196225c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf8189b82bb93f219ab740e0346c919ad65ada62
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad740b4990347521f0db260d381f9f74e7b340ba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c7b5eb87b2b288cdbde825f21d2b83b2f5da747
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a08196c3cc105947746ec21309edfbb60275fcdb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a35da325cac4d5bcad76a2aa943408a6f1d9000
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Sources
- CVE-2026-74666 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-74666 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qv67-9r8f-5pqx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-74666 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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