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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 2, 2024· Updated May 4, 2025

inet: read sk->sk_family once in inet_recv_error()

CVE-2024-26679

Description

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.

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