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dccp: fix data-race around dp->dccps_mss_cache

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dccp: fix data-race around dp->dccps_mss_cache dccp_sendmsg() reads dp->dccps_mss_cache before locking the socket. Same thing in do_dccp_getsockopt(). Add READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() annotations, and change dccp_sendmsg() to check again dccps_mss_cache after socket is locked.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
4.14.323, 4.19.292, 5.10.191, 5.15.127, 5.4.254, 6.1.46, 6.4.11
CVEs
CVE-2023-53839
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 23:41 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

dccp: fix data-race around dp->dccps_mss_cache

core-osv · Original source

Published 9 Dec 2025, 01:29 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dccp: fix data-race around dp->dccps_mss_cache dccp_sendmsg() reads dp->dccps_mss_cache before locking the socket. Same thing in do_dccp_getsockopt(). Add READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() annotations, and change dccp_sendmsg() to check again dccps_mss_cache after socket is locked.

osv:CVE-2023-53839

Kernel

Fixed versions: 4.14.323, 4.19.292, 5.4.254, 5.10.191, 5.15.127, 6.1.46, 6.4.11

Complete source record
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