wireguard: receive: annotate data-race around receiving_counter.counter
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wireguard: receive: annotate data-race around receiving_counter.counter Syzkaller with KCSAN identified a data-race issue when accessing keypair->receiving_counter.counter. Use READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() annotations to mark the data race as intentional. BUG: KCSAN: data-race in wg_packet_decrypt_worker / wg_packet_rx_poll write to 0xffff888107765888 of 8 bytes by interrupt on cpu 0: counter_validate drivers/net/wireguard/receive.c:321 [inline] wg_packet_rx_poll+0x3ac/0xf00 drivers/net/wireguard/receive.c:461 __napi_poll+0x60/0x3b0 net/core/dev.c:6536 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:6605 [inline] net_rx_action+0x32b/0x750 net/core/dev.c:6738 __do_softirq+0xc4/0x279 kernel/softirq.c:553 do_softirq+0x5e/0x90 kernel/softirq.c:454 __local_bh_enable_ip+0x64/0x70 kernel/softirq.c:381 __raw_spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:167 [inline] _raw_spin_unlock_bh+0x36/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:210 spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:396 [inline] ptr_ring_consume_bh include/linux/ptr_ring.h:367 [inline] wg_packet_decrypt_worker+0x6c5/0x700 drivers/net/wireguard/receive.c:499 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2633 [inline] ... read to 0xffff888107765888 of 8 bytes by task 3196 on cpu 1: decrypt_packet drivers/net/wireguard/receive.c:252 [inline] wg_packet_decrypt_worker+0x220/0x700 drivers/net/wireguard/receive.c:501 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2633 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0x5b8/0xa30 kern
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.10.214, 5.15.153, 6.1.83, 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-26861
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 02:52 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
wireguard: receive: annotate data-race around receiving_counter.counter
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 17 Apr 2024, 10:27 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wireguard: receive: annotate data-race around receiving_counter.counter Syzkaller with KCSAN identified a data-race issue when accessing keypair->receiving_counter.counter. Use READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() annotations to mark the data race as intentional. BUG: KCSAN: data-race in wg_packet_decrypt_worker / wg_packet_rx_poll write to 0xffff888107765888 of 8 bytes by interrupt on cpu 0: counter_validate drivers/net/wireguard/receive.c:321 [inline] wg_packet_rx_poll+0x3ac/0xf00 drivers/net/wireguard/receive.c:461 __napi_poll+0x60/0x3b0 net/core/dev.c:6536 napi_poll net/core/dev.c:6605 [inline] net_rx_action+0x32b/0x750 net/core/dev.c:6738 __do_softirq+0xc4/0x279 kernel/softirq.c:553 do_softirq+0x5e/0x90 kernel/softirq.c:454 __local_bh_enable_ip+0x64/0x70 kernel/softirq.c:381 __raw_spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:167 [inline] _raw_spin_unlock_bh+0x36/0x40 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:210 spin_unlock_bh include/linux/spinlock.h:396 [inline] ptr_ring_consume_bh include/linux/ptr_ring.h:367 [inline] wg_packet_decrypt_worker+0x6c5/0x700 drivers/net/wireguard/receive.c:499 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2633 [inline] ... read to 0xffff888107765888 of 8 bytes by task 3196 on cpu 1: decrypt_packet drivers/net/wireguard/receive.c:252 [inline] wg_packet_decrypt_worker+0x220/0x700 drivers/net/wireguard/receive.c:501 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:2633 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0x5b8/0xa30 kern
osv:CVE-2024-26861
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.10.214, 5.15.153, 6.1.83, 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2
Complete source record
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