dccp: fix data-race around dp->dccps_mss_cache
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 sourcePublished 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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