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CVE-2026-64115

vsock/vmci: fix UAF when peer resets connection during handshake

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

vsock/vmci: fix UAF when peer resets connection during handshake

vmci_transport_recv_connecting_server() returned err = 0 for a peer
RST in its default switch arm:

	err = pkt->type == VMCI_TRANSPORT_PACKET_TYPE_RST ? 0 : -EINVAL;

That made vmci_transport_recv_listen() skip vsock_remove_pending(),
leaving the pending socket on the listener's pending_links with
sk_state = TCP_CLOSE while destroy: still dropped the explicit
reference taken before schedule_delayed_work().

One second later vsock_pending_work() observed is_pending=true and
performed full cleanup: vsock_remove_pending() then the two trailing
sock_put(sk) calls -- the first reached refcount 0 and __sk_freed
the socket, and the second wrote into the freed object:

  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in refcount_warn_saturate
  Write of size 4 at addr ffff88800b1cac80 by task kworker
  Workqueue: events vsock_pending_work

Treat peer RST like any other unexpected packet type (err = -EINVAL).
All destroy: arms now return err < 0, so vmci_transport_recv_listen()
removes pending from pending_links synchronously and
vsock_pending_work() takes the is_pending=false / !rejected branch,
dropping only its own work reference.  This also closes the
multi-packet race Sashiko reported on v2: pending is removed from
the list before any subsequent packet can find it.

The pre-existing sk_acceptq_removed() gap on the err < 0 path of
vmci_transport_recv_listen() that Sashiko also noted is not
introduced or changed by this patch.

Tested on lts-6.12.79 with KASAN: 52/100 unpatched -> 0/100 patched.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 3.9 < 5.10.258
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.15.209
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 6.1.175
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.6.142
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.12.92
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.13 < 6.18.34
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.19 < 7.0.11
LinuxLinux Kernel Version7.1 Updaterc1
LinuxLinux Kernel Version7.1 Updaterc2
LinuxLinux Kernel Version7.1 Updaterc3
LinuxLinux Kernel Version7.1 Updaterc4
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.14% 0.033
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 8.8 2 6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-416 Use After Free

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e19f08552b90070ed18bafb1763c78297823af6
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dd531e28f61edd286edc486ab068f135b5ae1eb
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecda37f8faab3220da199335e42564cb7a9ad145
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc27e989a5dfdfcfc1cca7c3be27a0c7532b46cb
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47e63077605c6c2aa45b3df9847a8cdc1f1f6ef9
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/440447699c681e26ed58e9c309cad718270a18b4
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fe74e42914c851d68069713b7b917a9c33faf26
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99e22ddf4edb63dc8382bc028af928056d3450cf
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