Answer in brief
CVE-2026-23120 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in l2tp: avoid one data-race in l2tp_tunnel_del_work(). The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=d00fa9adc528c1b0e64d532556764852df8bd7b9 <1f63ca44b4f419a1663d94d1bb0b4e2beb73fdb4 || >=d00fa9adc528c1b0e64d532556764852df8bd7b9 <36c40a80109f1771d59558050b1a71e13c60c759 || >=d00fa9adc528c1b0e64d532556764852df8bd7b9 <eae074dab764ea181bbed5e88626889319177498 || >=d00fa9adc528c1b0e64d532556764852df8bd7b9 <68e92085427c84e7679ddb53c0d68836d220b6e7 || >=d00fa9adc528c1b0e64d532556764852df8bd7b9 <3d6d414b214ce31659bded2f8df50c93a3769474 || >=d00fa9adc528c1b0e64d532556764852df8bd7b9 <32d417497b79efb403d75f4c185fe6fd9d64b94f || >=d00fa9adc528c1b0e64d532556764852df8bd7b9 <7a29f6bf60f2590fe5e9c4decb451e19afad2bcf || 15df699fdc5af46a9fb15ae2d9326294852de5b5 || 18bdaefc715b4530b4b2fe670506bb47713664cc || >=3.16.57 <3.17 || >=4.15.8 <4.16 | 1f63ca44b4f419a1663d94d1bb0b4e2beb73fdb4, 36c40a80109f1771d59558050b1a71e13c60c759, eae074dab764ea181bbed5e88626889319177498, 68e92085427c84e7679ddb53c0d68836d220b6e7, 3d6d414b214ce31659bded2f8df50c93a3769474, 32d417497b79efb403d75f4c185fe6fd9d64b94f, 7a29f6bf60f2590fe5e9c4decb451e19afad2bcf, 3.17, 4.16 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 4.16 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Feb 14, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 19, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Oct 19, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: l2tp: avoid one data-race in l2tp_tunnel_del_work() We should read sk->sk_socket only when dealing with kernel sockets. syzbot reported the following data-race: BUG: KCSAN: data-race in l2tp_tunnel_del_work / sk_common_release write to 0xffff88811c182b20 of 8 bytes by task 5365 on cpu 0: sk_set_socket include/net/sock.h:2092 [inline] sock_orphan include/net/sock.h:2118 [inline] sk_common_release+0xae/0x230 net/core/sock.c:4003 udp_lib_close+0x15/0x20 include/net/udp.h:325 inet_release+0xce/0xf0 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:437 __sock_release net/socket.c:662 [inline] sock_close+0x6b/0x150 net/socket.c:1455 __fput+0x29b/0x650 fs/file_table.c:468 ____fput+0x1c/0x30 fs/file_table.c:496 task_work_run+0x131/0x1a0 kernel/task_work.c:233 resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:50 [inline] __exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:44 [inline] exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x1fe/0x740 kernel/entry/common.c:75 __exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:226 [inline] syscall_exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:256 [inline] syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work include/linux/entry-common.h:159 [inline] syscall_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/entry-common.h:194 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x1e1/0x2b0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:100 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f read to 0xffff88811c182b20 of 8 bytes by task 827 on cpu 1: l2tp_tunnel_del_work+0x2f/0x1a0 net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:1418 process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3257 [inline] process_scheduled_works+0x4ce/0x9d0 kernel/workqueue.c:3340 worker_thread+0x582/0x770 kernel/workqueue.c:3421 kthread+0x489/0x510 kernel/kthread.c:463 ret_from_fork+0x149/0x290 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:246 value changed: 0xffff88811b818000 -> 0x0000000000000000
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