5.5

CVE-2026-53181

vsock/vmci: fix sk_ack_backlog leak on failed handshake

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

vsock/vmci: fix sk_ack_backlog leak on failed handshake

When vmci_transport_recv_connecting_server() returns an error,
vmci_transport_recv_listen() calls vsock_remove_pending() but never
calls sk_acceptq_removed(). This leaves sk_ack_backlog incremented
permanently.

Repeated handshake failures (malformed packets, queue pair alloc
failure, event subscribe failure) cause sk_ack_backlog to climb
toward sk_max_ack_backlog. Once it reaches the limit the listener
permanently refuses all new connections with -ECONNREFUSED, a
silent denial of service requiring a process restart to recover.

The two existing sk_acceptq_removed() calls in af_vsock.c do not
cover this path: line 764 checks vsock_is_pending() which returns
false after vsock_remove_pending(), and line 1889 is only reached
on successful accept().

Fix by balancing sk_acceptq_added() with sk_acceptq_removed() on
the error path.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 3.9 < 5.10.259
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.15.210
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 6.1.176
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.6.143
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.12.94
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.13 < 6.18.36
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.19 < 7.0.13
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.13% 0.028
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22c587aa3ab1ab5264daff3ec32136fd30436c13
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf7090e255d74c4b61c51f8ede9fcacdd8393b5b
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea0b03d52881c12a8c634ea0d6cbfa61cefdb488
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfd853197615d322d3a88dbcab91fc0fd2096219
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcb275626055df7f8f947f1a349754b4004d9a15
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba9ad6015937a5e46ba1a31370e3efdec8abbdcc
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9698582a4dd9c4a05889d7db96d4c0edc9e69cac
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c05fa14db43ebef3bd862ca9d073981c0358b3f0
Patch