# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-64523"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-07-25T09:20:47.606Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-21T12:43:25.473Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-64523"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-64523.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64523"
title: "net/handshake: Take a long-lived file reference at submit"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/handshake: Take a long-lived file reference at submit\n\nhandshake_nl_accept_doit() needs the file pointer backing\nreq-\u003ehr_sk-\u003esk_socket to survive the window between\nhandshake_req_next() and the subsequent FD_PREPARE() and get_file().\nThe submit-side sock_hold() does not provide that.  sk_refcnt keeps\nstruct sock alive, but struct socket is owned by sock-\u003efile: when\nthe consumer fputs the last file reference, sock_release() tears\nthe socket down regardless of any sock_hold.\n\nAdd an hr_file pointer to struct handshake_req and acquire an\nexplicit reference on sock-\u003efile during handshake_req_submit().\nhandshake_complete() and handshake_req_cancel() release the\nreference on the completion-bit-winning path.\n\nThe submit error path must also release the file reference, but\nafter rhashtable insertion a concurrent handshake_req_cancel() can\ndiscover the request and race the error path.  Gate the error-path\ncleanup -- sk_destruct restoration, fput, and request destruction\n-- with test_and_set_bit(HANDSHAKE_F_REQ_COMPLETED), the same\nserialization handshake_complete() and handshake_req_cancel()\nalready use.  When cancel has already claimed ownership, the submit\nerror path returns without touching the request; socket teardown\nhandles final destruction.\n\nThe accept-side dereferences are not yet retargeted; that change\ncomes in the next patch."
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