CVE-2026-97985
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2026
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
af_unix: Update last skb marker in manage_oob().
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: Update last skb marker in manage_oob(). Fahad Alharbi reported that blocking recv(MSG_PEEK) could hog CPU due to OOB skb. In the following cases, manage_oob() skips OOB skb(s) and returns NULL for the last recv(MSG_PEEK): socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, sk); 1) skb -> OOB skb -> NULL send(sk[0], "ab", 2, MSG_OOB); recv(sk[1], buf, 0, MSG_PEEK); 2) skb -> consumed OOB skb -> NULL send(sk[0], "ab", 2, MSG_OOB); recv(sk[1], buf, 1, MSG_OOB); recv(sk[1], buf, 0, MSG_PEEK); 3) consumed OOB skb -> OOB skb -> NULL send(sk[0], "a", 1, MSG_OOB); recv(sk[1], buf, 0, MSG_OOB); send(sk[0], "b", 1, MSG_OOB); recv(sk[1], buf, 1, MSG_PEEK); Then, @copied is 0 in unix_stream_read_generic() (zero-length buffer, or non-OOB skb is not yet consumed), and unix_stream_data_wait() is called. However, it returns immediately because @last is not updated in unix_stream_read_generic(), and the thread busy-waits for a new skb. Let's update @last in manage_oob(). For MSG_PEEK, @last is updated with the skipped OOB, and for the non-peek case, @last matches the returned value (when !copied) because OOB is unlinked. Note that manage_oob() is inlined and no stack canary is added.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 022d81a709cd553bbe2db8675f8e824f4aee6284 | affected | git | bd91dc313afe21e9d6b31ca6a47606a33ca5e35c | Unavailable | None listed |
| 22dd70eb2c3d754862964377a75abafd3167346b | affected | git | 0630bfc773d85ac44da05b2c5a037dbbd39301ab | Unavailable | None listed |
| 22dd70eb2c3d754862964377a75abafd3167346b | affected | git | f1816b3d7ce80dcf086bb68ff5ae6e09520ca1fa | Unavailable | None listed |
| 22dd70eb2c3d754862964377a75abafd3167346b | affected | git | fc62a26493a98a0424d9dae2eb92a1daa1321f65 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 22dd70eb2c3d754862964377a75abafd3167346b | affected | git | 94fd4debd2e3a69cf93e766c8b328a810c228119 | Unavailable | None listed |
| ae3f9e1221b31b18dbd4c4b85d08574996bbd973 | affected | git | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| ba0db4638525b8b054b3d546b45f7e473f477027 | affected | git | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 16dc252e7007547a7b72a2c21022ef81fb45e6a3 | affected | git | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.6.29 | affected | semver | 6.6.160 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.15.157 | affected | semver | 5.16 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.1.88 | affected | semver | 6.2 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.8.8 | affected | semver | 6.9 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.9 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 6.9 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.6.160 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.12.111 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.18.53 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.18.* | None listed |
| 7.2.7 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 7.2.* | None listed |
| 7.3 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |