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CVE-2026-53361

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: Set gc_in_progress to true in unix_gc(). Igor Ushakov reported that unix_gc() could run with gc_in_progress being false if the work is scheduled while running: Thread 1 Thread 2 Thread 3 -------- -------- -------- unix_schedule_gc() unix_schedule_gc() `- if (!gc_in_progress) `- if (!gc_in_progress) |- gc_in_progress = true | `- queue_work() | unix_gc() <----------------/ | | |- gc_in_progress = true ... `- queue_work() | | `- gc_in_progress = false | | unix_gc() <---------------------------------------------' | ... /* gc_in_progress == false */ | `- gc_in_progress = false unix_peek_fpl() relies on gc_in_progress not to confuse GC by MSG_PEEK. Let's set gc_in_progress to true in unix_gc().

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-53361
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Reserved
2026-06-09 07:44 UTC
Published
2026-07-04 11:54 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-04 11:54 UTC
Vendor / Product
Linux / Linux
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

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Affected products (2)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Linux Linux 328840c93bd6a4871dd10908d01b41eab83eb8e2 < 82c17e13d404f686e164590483fd6c1abaa675d0, 8b90a9f819dc2a06baae4ec1a64d875e53b824ec < 591f1ac217428a6d2b32a8ac14aac0fab44f155a, 8b90a9f819dc2a06baae4ec1a64d875e53b824ec < 0cfa78c050662784fc8e3ab26dbfd1dc632b2082, 8b90a9f819dc2a06baae4ec1a64d875e53b824ec < d82ba05263c69fa2437fe93e4e561cc40f4c03af …
Linux Linux 6.9, 0 < 6.9, 6.6.144 ≤ 6.6.*, 6.12.95 ≤ 6.12.* …
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