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CVE-2026-99213

Linux: vsock: treat TCP_CLOSING as once-established

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ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)No scoreNo FIRST EPSS score in this snapshot yet
Fixed in44d1ca05d6094a5d75c671a0545249186d790b8dAlso 4f6ac74fa594a918d41255c941256e1d51592d3bCVE List
Published28 Oct 2026Updated 28 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

vsock: treat TCP_CLOSING as once-established

Handle the TCP_ESTABLISHED -> TCP_CLOSING transition on OP_RST, which can race with the connect loop. Immediately break and return 0 on ESTABLISHED/CLOSING. The return value of connect() should reflect what happened up to the point the connection was established or failed. Events that occur afterwards must not affect it. E.g. even if OP_RW has already set sk_err, connect() should still return 0, not ENOBUFS because of it. Adapt the inaccurate comment above signal_pending().

Resetting a socket that is still present in connected_table can lead to memory corruption. The reporter noted lost transports for in-flight skbs, and I have reproduced crashes caused by re-insertion into connected_table.

list_add double add: new=, prev=, next=. kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:35! Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI Workqueue: vsock-loopback vsock_loopback_work RIP: 0010:__list_add_valid_or_report+0x11f/0x130 Call Trace: vsock_insert_connected.cold+0xe/0x13 virtio_transport_recv_pkt+0x10e9/0x1460 vsock_loopback_work+0x305/0x480 process_one_work+0xe4c/0x1560 worker_thread+0x4f1/0xd60 kthread+0x36e/0x470 ret_from_fork+0x47b/0x6b0 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30

This fix is supplementary to commit 002541ef650b ("vsock: Ignore signal/timeout on connect() if already established"). Details under Link.

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Affected versions 8

  • Linuxaffected: d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 before c2c5359ef2c33684fa3f3652fd761a483db8d1e7CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 before 44d1ca05d6094a5d75c671a0545249186d790b8dCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 before 4f6ac74fa594a918d41255c941256e1d51592d3bCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 3.9CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 3.9CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.18.59 through 6.18.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.13 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

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