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sockmap: Fix use-after-free in udp_bpf_recvmsg()

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sockmap: Fix use-after-free in udp_bpf_recvmsg() syzbot reported use-after-free of struct sk_msg in sk_msg_recvmsg(). [0] sk_msg_recvmsg() peeks sk_msg from psock->ingress_msg under a lock, but its processing is lockless. Thus, sk_msg_recvmsg() must be serialised by callers, otherwise multiple threads could touch the same sk_msg. For example, TCP uses lock_sock(), and AF_UNIX uses unix_sk(sk)->iolock. Initially, udp_bpf_recvmsg() had used lock_sock(), but the cited commit removed it. Let's serialise sk_msg_recvmsg() with lock_sock() in udp_bpf_recvmsg(). Note that holding spin_lock_bh(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock) is not an option due to copy_page_to_iter() in sk_msg_recvmsg(). [0]: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in sk_msg_recvmsg+0xb54/0xc30 net/core/skmsg.c:428 Read of size 4 at addr ffff88814cdcf000 by task syz.0.24/6020 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6020 Comm: syz.0.24 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/13/2026 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline] print_report+0xba/0x230 mm/kasan/report.c:482 kasan_report+0x117/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595 sk_msg_recvmsg+0xb54/0xc30 net/core/skmsg.c:428 udp_bpf_recvmsg+0x4bd/0xe00 net/ipv4/udp_bpf.c:84 inet_recvmsg+0x260/0x270 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:891 sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:1078 [inline] sock_recvmsg+0x1a8/0x270 net/socket

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CVE-2026-74257

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