Bug 2273474 (CVE-2024-26780) - CVE-2024-26780 kernel: af_unix: Fix task hung while purging oob_skb in GC.
Summary: CVE-2024-26780 kernel: af_unix: Fix task hung while purging oob_skb in GC.
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-26780
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Depends On: 2273475
Blocks: 2273418
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Reported: 2024-04-04 17:04 UTC by Robb Gatica
Modified: 2024-09-18 17:57 UTC (History)
49 users (show)

Fixed In Version: kernel 6.1.81, kernel 6.6.21, kernel 6.7.9
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's `af_unix` subsystem where tasks could hang while purging out-of-bounds sockets during garbage collection. This issue could potentially lead to system instability.
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Description Robb Gatica 2024-04-04 17:04:57 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

af_unix: Fix task hung while purging oob_skb in GC.

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2024-26780 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024040458-CVE-2024-26780-9951@gregkh/T
Comment 1 Robb Gatica 2024-04-04 17:05:29 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2273475]
Comment 2 Alex 2024-06-09 13:40:59 UTC 
The result of automatic check (that is developed by Alexander Larkin) for this CVE-2024-26780 is: 	SKIP	The Fixes patch not applied yet, so unlikely that actual: 1279f9d9dec2d7462823a18c29ad61359e0a007d	YES			NO	NO	unknown (where first YES/NO value means if related sources built).
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