8.2

CVE-2026-64435

audit: Fix data races of skb_queue_len() readers on audit_queue

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

audit: Fix data races of skb_queue_len() readers on audit_queue

Multiple readers access audit_queue.qlen via skb_queue_len() without
holding the queue lock or using READ_ONCE(), while kauditd writes to
this field via the skb_dequeue() → __skb_unlink() path with WRITE_ONCE()
protected by a spinlock. This constitutes data races.

All affected skb_queue_len(&audit_queue) call sites:
  - kauditd_thread() wait_event_freezable() condition
  - audit_receive_msg() AUDIT_GET handler (s.backlog assignment)
  - audit_receive() backlog check
  - audit_log_start() backlog check and pr_warn()

KCSAN reports the following conflicting access pattern (one example):
==================================================================
BUG: KCSAN: data-race in audit_log_start / skb_dequeue

write (marked) to 0xffffffff8512ee20 of 4 bytes by task 661 on cpu 57:
 skb_dequeue+0x70/0xf0
 kauditd_send_queue+0x71/0x220
 kauditd_thread+0x1cb/0x430
 kthread+0x1c2/0x210
 ret_from_fork+0x162/0x1a0
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30

read to 0xffffffff8512ee20 of 4 bytes by task 36586 on cpu 1:
 audit_log_start+0x2a0/0x6b0
 audit_core_dumps+0x64/0xa0
 do_coredump+0x14b/0x1260
 get_signal+0xeb2/0xf70
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x41/0x170
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xa2/0x1c0
 do_syscall_64+0x1a3/0x1c0
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0xe0

value changed: 0x00000001 -> 0x00000000
==================================================================

Resolve the race by switching to lockless helper skb_queue_len_lockless(),
which internally uses READ_ONCE() and properly pairs with the WRITE_ONCE()
write accesses already present on the writer side.

[PM: line length tweak]
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Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 4.10 < 5.10.261
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.15.212
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 6.1.178
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.6.145
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.12.96
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.42% 0.348
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 8.2 3.9 4.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69f98fff30bdaa72b0cb0e7e078ab6456a0a59b0
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b35597bdae1a5d8395da4b9baa993b9b71f74d68
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e575dabb805252e3113fdc3f56f6ecacfde422d0
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ff42312ccde549f8c698723822c7db35107a39b
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3d85dec60bb0622360fc176b2a51abdbe2ff0ad
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe997a84a385f840b593ead92e575503a5046cee
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5186201fa7030289cc4fe23fae87a3fcb566856
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9a71daaecb2fb1d8c704545cc0b1c920b9bf5d7
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