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inet: read sk->sk_family once in inet_recv_error()
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: inet: read sk->sk_family once in inet_recv_error() inet_recv_error() is called without holding the socket lock. IPv6 socket could mutate to IPv4 with IPV6_ADDRFORM socket option and trigger a KCSAN warning.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.19.307, 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 5.4.269, 6.1.78, 6.6.17, 6.7.5
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-26679
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 19:53 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
inet: read sk->sk_family once in inet_recv_error()
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 2 Apr 2024, 07:01 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: inet: read sk->sk_family once in inet_recv_error() inet_recv_error() is called without holding the socket lock. IPv6 socket could mutate to IPv4 with IPV6_ADDRFORM socket option and trigger a KCSAN warning.
osv:CVE-2024-26679
Kernel
Fixed versions: 4.19.307, 5.4.269, 5.10.210, 5.15.149, 6.1.78, 6.6.17, 6.7.5
Complete source record
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