tls: reject the combination of TLS and sockmap
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 5 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tls: reject the combination of TLS and sockmap TLS and sockmap (BPF psock) integration hides a lot of latent bugs. Bugs which may be more or less relevant for real users but they are definitely exploitable. We could not find anyone actively using this integration so let's reject this config. Adding a TLS socket to a sockmap was already rejected by sk_psock_init() through the inet_csk_has_ulp() check. We need to reject the attempts to configure the TLS keys (rather than adding the ULP itself) because checking prior to the ULP installation is tricky without risking a race with sockmap getting added in parallel (sockmap does not hold the socket lock). This patch is a minimal rejection of the feature. Subsequent patch in the series will do a light dead code removal. Full cleanup would require a major rewrite of the Tx path, we don't need skmsg any more.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 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 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-93824
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p3wg-3xj5-pf82
- 2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@c4896592744f30ff026f799947c5978bcfd7c8c7 +1 · CNA
- 2026-10-03 2 new references · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4896592744f30ff026f799947c5978bcfd7c8c7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e26aa709454d48c3b3ef8d3100c8a04e7d9fd94e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3d4d537337f69e405a36fa561e7292ee4148bf7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a08e780b6cc1153cbff8be55de9ec9da809e344f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/460e6486617c17dd19abe8f3fc67d9a6fa25f8ca
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Sources
- CVE-2026-93824 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-93824 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p3wg-3xj5-pf82 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-93824 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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