{"id":"CVE-2026-23120","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-23120","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T09:41:47.300Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: l2tp: avoid one data-race in l2tp_tunnel_del_work() We should read sk->sk_socket only when dealing with kernel sockets. syzbot reported the following data-race: BUG: KCSAN: data-race in…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nl2tp: avoid one data-race in l2tp_tunnel_del_work()\n\nWe should read sk->sk_socket only when dealing with kernel sockets.\n\nsyzbot reported the following data-race:\n\nBUG: KCSAN: data-race in l2tp_tunnel_del_work / sk_common_release\n\nwrite to 0xffff88811c182b20 of 8 bytes by task 5365 on cpu 0:\n  sk_set_socket include/net/sock.h:2092 [inline]\n  sock_orphan include/net/sock.h:2118 [inline]\n  sk_common_release+0xae/0x230 net/core/sock.c:4003\n  udp_lib_close+0x15/0x20 include/net/udp.h:325\n  inet_release+0xce/0xf0 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:437\n  __sock_release net/socket.c:662 [inline]\n  sock_close+0x6b/0x150 net/socket.c:1455\n  __fput+0x29b/0x650 fs/file_table.c:468\n  ____fput+0x1c/0x30 fs/file_table.c:496\n  task_work_run+0x131/0x1a0 kernel/task_work.c:233\n  resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:50 [inline]\n  __exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:44 [inline]\n  exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x1fe/0x740 kernel/entry/common.c:75\n  __exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:226 [inline]\n  syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:256 [inline]\n  syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work include/linux/entry-common.h:159 [inline]\n  syscall_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/entry-common.h:194 [inline]\n  do_syscall_64+0x1e1/0x2b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:100\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nread to 0xffff88811c182b20 of 8 bytes by task 827 on cpu 1:\n  l2tp_tunnel_del_work+0x2f/0x1a0 net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:1418\n  process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3257 [inline]\n  process_scheduled_works+0x4ce/0x9d0 kernel/workqueue.c:3340\n  worker_thread+0x582/0x770 kernel/workqueue.c:3421\n  kthread+0x489/0x510 kernel/kthread.c:463\n  ret_from_fork+0x149/0x290 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158\n  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246\n\nvalue changed: 0xffff88811b818000 -> 0x0000000000000000","published":"2026-02-14T15:16:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-19T19:17:38.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-362"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00105,"percentile":0.01061,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.10%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f63ca44b4f419a1663d94d1bb0b4e2beb73fdb4","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32d417497b79efb403d75f4c185fe6fd9d64b94f","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36c40a80109f1771d59558050b1a71e13c60c759","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d6d414b214ce31659bded2f8df50c93a3769474","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68e92085427c84e7679ddb53c0d68836d220b6e7","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a29f6bf60f2590fe5e9c4decb451e19afad2bcf","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eae074dab764ea181bbed5e88626889319177498","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23120","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}