Answer in brief
CVE-2026-64115 records a High severity (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in vsock/vmci: fix UAF when peer resets connection during handshake. 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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CVSS is 8.8. 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
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 <1e19f08552b90070ed18bafb1763c78297823af6 || >=d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 <1dd531e28f61edd286edc486ab068f135b5ae1eb || >=d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 <ecda37f8faab3220da199335e42564cb7a9ad145 || >=d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 <cc27e989a5dfdfcfc1cca7c3be27a0c7532b46cb || >=d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 <47e63077605c6c2aa45b3df9847a8cdc1f1f6ef9 || >=d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 <440447699c681e26ed58e9c309cad718270a18b4 || >=d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 <9fe74e42914c851d68069713b7b917a9c33faf26 || >=d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 <99e22ddf4edb63dc8382bc028af928056d3450cf | 1e19f08552b90070ed18bafb1763c78297823af6, 1dd531e28f61edd286edc486ab068f135b5ae1eb, ecda37f8faab3220da199335e42564cb7a9ad145, cc27e989a5dfdfcfc1cca7c3be27a0c7532b46cb, 47e63077605c6c2aa45b3df9847a8cdc1f1f6ef9, 440447699c681e26ed58e9c309cad718270a18b4, 9fe74e42914c851d68069713b7b917a9c33faf26, 99e22ddf4edb63dc8382bc028af928056d3450cf |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 3.9 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Jul 19, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 12, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 5, 2026
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.
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