Linux kernel vsock reset race can corrupt memory
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: 6 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
The Linux kernel vsock subsystem is affected from 3.9 before the fixed versions. A TCP_ESTABLISHED to TCP_CLOSING transition on OP_RST can race with the connect loop, and resetting a socket still in connected_table can corrupt memory through a double list insertion.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-31
Description from the CNA
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock: treat TCP_CLOSING as once-established Handle the TCP_ESTABLISHED -> TCP_CLOSING transition on OP_RST, which can race with the connect loop. Immediately break and return 0 on ESTABLISHED/CLOSING. The return value of connect() should reflect what happened up to the point the connection was established or failed. Events that occur afterwards must not affect it. E.g. even if OP_RW has already set sk_err, connect() should still return 0, not ENOBUFS because of it. Adapt the inaccurate comment above signal_pending(). Resetting a socket that is still present in connected_table can lead to memory corruption. The reporter noted lost transports for in-flight skbs, and I have reproduced crashes caused by re-insertion into connected_table. list_add double add: new=, prev=, next=. kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:35! Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI Workqueue: vsock-loopback vsock_loopback_work RIP: 0010:__list_add_valid_or_report+0x11f/0x130 Call Trace: vsock_insert_connected.cold+0xe/0x13 virtio_transport_recv_pkt+0x10e9/0x1460 vsock_loopback_work+0x305/0x480 process_one_work+0xe4c/0x1560 worker_thread+0x4f1/0xd60 kthread+0x36e/0x470 ret_from_fork+0x47b/0x6b0 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 This fix is supplementary to commit 002541ef650b ("vsock: Ignore signal/timeout on connect() if already established"). Details under Link.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
Linux kernel fixed versions are 5.10.273, 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.161, 6.12.115, 6.18.59, 7.2.13 and 7.3. Red Hat lists Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, 8, 9 and 10 and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 and 5 as affected, and Red Hat gives no plan for a fix on them.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-31
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.273, 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.161, 6.12.115, 6.18.59, 7.2.13, 7.3
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 7 | 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: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Timeline
- 2026-10-28 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-99213
- 2026-10-28 Alias added: GHSA-5hph-w22r-x9jx
- 2026-10-29 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-29 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@5f2ab77028602a22f0cc33cac063a313787cbeae +7 · CNA
- 2026-10-30 5 new references · CNA
- 2026-10-31 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea36ef3c229d54b552432d1290aee1d807f67fd5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f2ab77028602a22f0cc33cac063a313787cbeae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f89770c7365748d9d6a2ae07d1c23497ca21ec07
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/deb972c7eea8d0bc3109c35c30a1c86d4939f811
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/baf1b5715640e434249ce7f63f94bd1a00938ef9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2c5359ef2c33684fa3f3652fd761a483db8d1e7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44d1ca05d6094a5d75c671a0545249186d790b8d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f6ac74fa594a918d41255c941256e1d51592d3b
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Sources
- CVE-2026-99213 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-99213 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5hph-w22r-x9jx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-99213 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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