In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: clear sock_ops cb flags before force-closing a child socket A …
CVE-2026-74268 · published 15 Aug 2026
How serious is it
- Severity: critical, CVSS score 9.8 out of 10.
- No exploit prediction (EPSS) score yet.
- Not on the CISA list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- No public exploit in Exploit-DB.
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Who is affected
- Linux Linux: 4.16
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The advisory
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tcp: clear sock_ops cb flags before force-closing a child socket
A child socket inherits the listener's bpf_sock_ops_cb_flags via
sk_clone_lock(). If its setup fails in tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock() /
tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock(), the child is freed through put_and_exit, where
inet_csk_prepare_forced_close() drops the socket lock and tcp_done() runs
without it.
If BPF_SOCK_OPS_STATE_CB_FLAG was inherited, tcp_done() -> tcp_set_state()
calls tcp_call_bpf(), which expects the lock and trips sock_owned_by_me():
WARNING: include/net/sock.h:1799 at tcp_set_state+0x433/0x550
RIP: 0010:tcp_set_state+0x433/0x550 include/net/sock.h:1799
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
tcp_done+0xba/0x250 net/ipv4/tcp.c:5095
tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock+0x850/0xa50 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1787
tcp_check_req+0xf30/0x1360 net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c:926
tcp_v4_rcv+0x1047/0x1b50 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:2164
</IRQ>
The child is freed before it is ever established, so it should run no
sock_ops callback. Clear its cb flags in inet_csk_prepare_for_destroy_sock(),
the common point for the IPv4, IPv6 and chtls forced-close paths and for the
MPTCP ->syn_recv_sock() failure path (dispose_child), which reaches tcp_done()
on a child that was never established too.
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References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d5389b2c37ca00da61d1407618ebe15abae0c8b
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/71e9c53220abd7f5a45aa4d5e5b420d3479f3a4f
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8874dafc9099bc49c2e5ebba030f85d276421f92
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/990348e5bb457697c2f1f7f7b65154a3334d9d2b
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f30ba9aa0270a18fdd1e6cd426c480c35f7de9d
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fffa6465851a1910a6e9cb7272787dd615b26b1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce311bd2e36596f0aa2c92ca86fb3e019ac57eae
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe23d56e9266d58ba5c380f1970118eedeee0b68
Merged from NVD. Last updated 23 Oct 2026. All vulnerabilities · RSS · JSON