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CVE-2026-97985

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Published
Identifier year (not publication year)
2026
Source publication
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cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·

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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
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
022d81a709cd553bbe2db8675f8e824f4aee6284affectedgitbd91dc313afe21e9d6b31ca6a47606a33ca5e35cUnavailableNone listed
22dd70eb2c3d754862964377a75abafd3167346baffectedgit0630bfc773d85ac44da05b2c5a037dbbd39301abUnavailableNone listed
22dd70eb2c3d754862964377a75abafd3167346baffectedgitf1816b3d7ce80dcf086bb68ff5ae6e09520ca1faUnavailableNone listed
22dd70eb2c3d754862964377a75abafd3167346baffectedgitfc62a26493a98a0424d9dae2eb92a1daa1321f65UnavailableNone listed
22dd70eb2c3d754862964377a75abafd3167346baffectedgit94fd4debd2e3a69cf93e766c8b328a810c228119UnavailableNone listed
ae3f9e1221b31b18dbd4c4b85d08574996bbd973affectedgitUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
ba0db4638525b8b054b3d546b45f7e473f477027affectedgitUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
16dc252e7007547a7b72a2c21022ef81fb45e6a3affectedgitUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
6.6.29affectedsemver6.6.160UnavailableNone listed
5.15.157affectedsemver5.16UnavailableNone listed
6.1.88affectedsemver6.2UnavailableNone listed
6.8.8affectedsemver6.9UnavailableNone listed

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
affected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
6.9affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
0unaffectedsemver6.9UnavailableNone listed
6.6.160unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.6.*None listed
6.12.111unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.12.*None listed
6.18.53unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.18.*None listed
7.2.7unaffectedsemverUnavailable7.2.*None listed
7.3unaffectedoriginal_commit_for_fixUnavailable*None listed