Vulnerability in Linux

[ Description ]Official description

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.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories

• CERT-FR9 Oct 2026CERTFR-2026-AVI-1289

  Multiple vulnerabilities in the Debian LTS Linux kernel Translated from French

  Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Debian LTS Linux kernel. Some of them allow an attacker to cause privilege escalation, a breach of data confidentiality and denial of service.

  CVE-2025-38237CVE-2025-39833CVE-2025-39925+1311 more CVEs
• CERT-FR2 Oct 2026CERTFR-2026-AVI-1253

  Multiple vulnerabilities in the Debian Linux kernel Translated from French

  Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Debian Linux kernel. Some of them allow an attacker to cause privilege escalation, a breach of data confidentiality and denial of service.

  CVE-2025-38237CVE-2025-39833CVE-2025-39925+1310 more CVEs
• BSI CERT-Bund24 Sep 2026WID-SEC-2026-3579

  Linux Kernel: Multiple vulnerabilities Translated from German

  CVE-2026-97615CVE-2026-97978CVE-2026-98127+590 more CVEs

[ References ]References

• git.kernel.org/stable/c/0630bfc773d85ac44da05b2c5a037dbbd39301ab
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/94fd4debd2e3a69cf93e766c8b328a810c228119
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd91dc313afe21e9d6b31ca6a47606a33ca5e35c
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1816b3d7ce80dcf086bb68ff5ae6e09520ca1fa
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc62a26493a98a0424d9dae2eb92a1daa1321f65