In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: Set gc_in_progress to true in unix_gc(). Igor Ushakov reported that unix_gc() could run with gc_in_progress being false if the work is scheduled while running: Thread 1 Thread 2 Thread 3 -------- -------- -------- unix_schedule_gc() unix_schedule_gc() `- if (!gc_in_progress) `- if (!gc_in_progress) |- gc_in_progress = true | `- queue_work() | unix_gc() <----------------/ | | |- gc_in_progress = true ... `- queue_work() | | `- gc_in_progress = false | | unix_gc() <---------------------------------------------' | ... /* gc_in_progress == false */ | `- gc_in_progress = false unix_peek_fpl() relies on gc_in_progress not to confuse GC by MSG_PEEK. Let's set gc_in_progress to true in unix_gc().
Fix
Public exploits 1
- sgkdev/bad_garbage PoC on GitHub
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Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cfa78c050662784fc8e3ab26dbfd1dc632b2082 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/591f1ac217428a6d2b32a8ac14aac0fab44f155a Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82c17e13d404f686e164590483fd6c1abaa675d0 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d82ba05263c69fa2437fe93e4e561cc40f4c03af Patch
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Change history 2
- CwesCWE-362NVD modified 2026-10-19 20:19
- First seenCVSS 7.1 · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-16 16:18
Affected (CPE criteria) 3
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cfa78c050662784fc8e3ab26dbfd1dc632b2082 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20aa894d475bd8086b25c1113ec4ca70f70c7a98
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/591f1ac217428a6d2b32a8ac14aac0fab44f155a Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82c17e13d404f686e164590483fd6c1abaa675d0 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d82ba05263c69fa2437fe93e4e561cc40f4c03af Patch