CVE-2026-74268

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74268
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-74268.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-74268
Downstream
Published
2026-08-15T05:57:42Z
Modified
2026-09-15T03:47:28Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
tcp: clear sock_ops cb flags before force-closing a child socket
Details

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

tcp: clear sock_ops cb flags before force-closing a child socket

A child socket inherits the listener's bpf_sock_ops_cb_flags via sk_clone_lock(). If its setup fails in tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock() / tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock(), the child is freed through put_and_exit, where inet_csk_prepare_forced_close() drops the socket lock and tcp_done() runs without it.

If BPF_SOCK_OPS_STATE_CB_FLAG was inherited, tcp_done() -> tcp_set_state() calls tcp_call_bpf(), which expects the lock and trips sock_owned_by_me():

WARNING: include/net/sock.h:1799 at tcp_set_state+0x433/0x550 RIP: 0010:tcp_set_state+0x433/0x550 include/net/sock.h:1799 Call Trace: tcp_done+0xba/0x250 net/ipv4/tcp.c:5095 tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock+0x850/0xa50 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1787 tcp_check_req+0xf30/0x1360 net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c:926 tcp_v4_rcv+0x1047/0x1b50 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:2164

The child is freed before it is ever established, so it should run no sock_ops callback. Clear its cb flags in inet_csk_prepare_for_destroy_sock(), the common point for the IPv4, IPv6 and chtls forced-close paths and for the MPTCP ->syn_recv_sock() failure path (dispose_child), which reaches tcp_done() on a child that was never established too.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/74xxx/CVE-2026-74268.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
d44874910a26f3a8f81edf873a2473363f07f660
Fixed
5d5389b2c37ca00da61d1407618ebe15abae0c8b
Fixed
9f30ba9aa0270a18fdd1e6cd426c480c35f7de9d
Fixed
71e9c53220abd7f5a45aa4d5e5b420d3479f3a4f
Fixed
9fffa6465851a1910a6e9cb7272787dd615b26b1
Fixed
fe23d56e9266d58ba5c380f1970118eedeee0b68
Fixed
ce311bd2e36596f0aa2c92ca86fb3e019ac57eae
Fixed
8874dafc9099bc49c2e5ebba030f85d276421f92
Fixed
990348e5bb457697c2f1f7f7b65154a3334d9d2b

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-74268.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.16.0
Fixed
5.10.270
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.221
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.188
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.157
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.110
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.40
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.1.5

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-74268.json"