In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/packet: fix a race in packet_set_ring() and packet_notifier() When packet_set_ring() releases po->bind_lock, another thread can run packet_notifier() and process an NETDEV_UP event. This race and the fix are both similar to that of commit 15fe076edea7 ("net/packet: fix a race in packet_bind() and packet_notifier()"). There too the packet_notifier NETDEV_UP event managed to run while a po->bind_lock critical section had to be temporarily released. And the fix was similarly to temporarily set po->num to zero to keep the socket unhooked until the lock is retaken. The po->bind_lock in packet_set_ring and packet_notifier precede the introduction of git history.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01d3c8417b9c1b884a8a981a3b886da556512f36 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18f13f2a83eb81be349a9757ba2141ff1da9ad73 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7da733f117533e9b2ebbd530a22ae4028713955c Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7de07705007c7e34995a5599aaab1d23e762d7ca Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88caf46db8239e6471413d28aabaa6b8bd552805 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba2257034755ae773722f15f4c3ad1dcdad15ca9 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e50ccfaca9e3c671cae917dcb994831a859cf588 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1791fd7b845bea0ce9674fcf2febee7bc87a893 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2e8fcfd2b1bc754920108b7f2cd75082c5a18df Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 4.7 · linux, debianNVD modified 2026-10-15 22:18
Affected (CPE criteria) 7
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 13
- https://blog.calif.io/p/a-race-within-a-race-exploiting-cve
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01d3c8417b9c1b884a8a981a3b886da556512f36 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18f13f2a83eb81be349a9757ba2141ff1da9ad73 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7da733f117533e9b2ebbd530a22ae4028713955c Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7de07705007c7e34995a5599aaab1d23e762d7ca Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88caf46db8239e6471413d28aabaa6b8bd552805 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba2257034755ae773722f15f4c3ad1dcdad15ca9 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e50ccfaca9e3c671cae917dcb994831a859cf588 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1791fd7b845bea0ce9674fcf2febee7bc87a893 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2e8fcfd2b1bc754920108b7f2cd75082c5a18df Patch
- https://github.com/google/security-research/pull/339
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html Third Party Advisory