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Medium · CVSS 4.7CVE-2026-23394

af_unix: Give up GC if MSG_PEEK intervened.

Answer in brief

CVE-2026-23394 records a Medium severity (CVSS 4.7) vulnerability in af_unix: Give up GC if MSG_PEEK intervened.. 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

HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.

Published Mar 25, 2026Updated Aug 19, 2026Source checked Oct 3, 2026First seen by HOL Aug 19, 2026Material review Aug 19, 2026
Upstream Advisory

Key facts

Risk
Medium · CVSS 4.7
Exploitation
Not marked as known exploited
Affected software
11 mapped packages or products
Fix availability
Available

Why this deserves its current priority

CVSS is 4.7. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.

Analysis status

Analysis pending evidence review

Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.

Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Affected products and reported versions
ProductAffected versionsFixed versions
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Not reportedNot reported
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*Not reportedNot reported
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*Not reportedNot reported
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*Not reportedNot reported
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*Not reportedNot reported
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*Not reportedNot reported
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*Not reportedNot reported
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*Not reportedNot reported
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*Not reportedNot reported
Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
PackageAffected rangeFixed version
Linux/Linuxgeneric>=61a75360dca93c945ef6bd757f8b8a96f39b77cb <980999a96e1ad043f1197606e5d637219cb102b9 || >=7b1ffbd3b22e755d481d49647dcb7c5cfbde5844 <3106f326f67c03dd9da4ca64663d11e40138cf40 || >=118f457da9ed58a79e24b73c2ef0aa1987241f0e <e3dd56fb5683ba80bf8d7a2f9aa21cfa53f05202 || >=118f457da9ed58a79e24b73c2ef0aa1987241f0e <72cf49ad50c16270b52bc512d9c2df5743922968 || >=118f457da9ed58a79e24b73c2ef0aa1987241f0e <37dd7ab332396eb8dd80b2dc7ea4b61abf767436 || >=118f457da9ed58a79e24b73c2ef0aa1987241f0e <e5b31d988a41549037b8d8721a3c3cae893d8670 || >=6.1.141 <6.1.183 || >=6.6.93 <6.6.142980999a96e1ad043f1197606e5d637219cb102b9, 3106f326f67c03dd9da4ca64663d11e40138cf40, e3dd56fb5683ba80bf8d7a2f9aa21cfa53f05202, 72cf49ad50c16270b52bc512d9c2df5743922968, 37dd7ab332396eb8dd80b2dc7ea4b61abf767436, e5b31d988a41549037b8d8721a3c3cae893d8670, 6.1.183, 6.6.142
Linux/Linuxgeneric6.10Not reported

Recommended response

  1. 1Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for Linux/Linux, Linux/Linux.
  2. 2Review the reported fix. Update Linux/Linux to 980999a96e1ad043f1197606e5d637219cb102b9 if you use the affected versions. Test the change in a non-production environment first.

Evidence timeline and material changes

  1. Published upstream

    Mar 25, 2026

    Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
  2. Source modified

    Aug 19, 2026

    Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
  3. First seen by HOL

    Aug 19, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

  • Source referencegit.kernel.org
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  • Source referencegit.kernel.org
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Upstream source description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: Give up GC if MSG_PEEK intervened. Igor Ushakov reported that GC purged the receive queue of an alive socket due to a race with MSG_PEEK with a nice repro. This is the exact same issue previously fixed by commit cbcf01128d0a ("af_unix: fix garbage collect vs MSG_PEEK"). After GC was replaced with the current algorithm, the cited commit removed the locking dance in unix_peek_fds() and reintroduced the same issue. The problem is that MSG_PEEK bumps a file refcount without interacting with GC. Consider an SCC containing sk-A and sk-B, where sk-A is close()d but can be recv()ed via sk-B. The bad thing happens if sk-A is recv()ed with MSG_PEEK from sk-B and sk-B is close()d while GC is checking unix_vertex_dead() for sk-A and sk-B. GC thread User thread --------- ----------- unix_vertex_dead(sk-A) -> true <------. \ `------ recv(sk-B, MSG_PEEK) invalidate !! -> sk-A's file refcount : 1 -> 2 close(sk-B) -> sk-B's file refcount : 2 -> 1 unix_vertex_dead(sk-B) -> true Initially, sk-A's file refcount is 1 by the inflight fd in sk-B recvq. GC thinks sk-A is dead because the file refcount is the same as the number of its inflight fds. However, sk-A's file refcount is bumped silently by MSG_PEEK, which invalidates the previous evaluation. At this moment, sk-B's file refcount is 2; one by the open fd, and one by the inflight fd in sk-A. The subsequent close() releases one refcount by the former. Finally, GC incorrectly concludes that both sk-A and sk-B are dead. One option is to restore the locking dance in unix_peek_fds(), but we can resolve this more elegantly thanks to the new algorithm. The point is that the issue does not occur without the subsequent close() and we actually do not need to synchronise MSG_PEEK with the dead SCC detection. When the issue occurs, close() and GC touch the same file refcount. If GC sees the refcount being decremented by close(), it can just give up garbage-collecting the SCC. Therefore, we only need to signal the race during MSG_PEEK with a proper memory barrier to make it visible to the GC. Let's use seqcount_t to notify GC when MSG_PEEK occurs and let it defer the SCC to the next run. This way no locking is needed on the MSG_PEEK side, and we can avoid imposing a penalty on every MSG_PEEK unnecessarily. Note that we can retry within unix_scc_dead() if MSG_PEEK is detected, but we do not do so to avoid hung task splat from abusive MSG_PEEK calls.

Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.

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Record context

Vulnerability class
Vulnerability
EPSS
Not reported
CWE IDs
CWE-362
Source
CVE List V5
Source checked
Oct 3, 2026
References
6 linked sources
Open source record