Bug 2516842 (CVE-2026-74268) - CVE-2026-74268 kernel: tcp: clear sock_ops cb flags before force-closing a child socket
Summary: CVE-2026-74268 kernel: tcp: clear sock_ops cb flags before force-closing a ch...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-74268
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
Target Milestone: ---
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:36 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-30 16:20 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:36:19 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tcp: clear sock_ops cb flags before force-closing a child socket

A child socket inherits the listener's bpf_sock_ops_cb_flags via
sk_clone_lock(). If its setup fails in tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock() /
tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock(), the child is freed through put_and_exit, where
inet_csk_prepare_forced_close() drops the socket lock and tcp_done() runs
without it.

If BPF_SOCK_OPS_STATE_CB_FLAG was inherited, tcp_done() -> tcp_set_state()
calls tcp_call_bpf(), which expects the lock and trips sock_owned_by_me():

  WARNING: include/net/sock.h:1799 at tcp_set_state+0x433/0x550
  RIP: 0010:tcp_set_state+0x433/0x550 include/net/sock.h:1799
  Call Trace:
   <IRQ>
   tcp_done+0xba/0x250 net/ipv4/tcp.c:5095
   tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock+0x850/0xa50 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1787
   tcp_check_req+0xf30/0x1360 net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c:926
   tcp_v4_rcv+0x1047/0x1b50 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:2164
   </IRQ>

The child is freed before it is ever established, so it should run no
sock_ops callback. Clear its cb flags in inet_csk_prepare_for_destroy_sock(),
the common point for the IPv4, IPv6 and chtls forced-close paths and for the
MPTCP ->syn_recv_sock() failure path (dispose_child), which reaches tcp_done()
on a child that was never established too.


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