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
References
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
18 Mar 2026, 13:39
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.16:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.16:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.16:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.16:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| CWE | NVD-CWE-noinfo | |
| First Time |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f63ca44b4f419a1663d94d1bb0b4e2beb73fdb4 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32d417497b79efb403d75f4c185fe6fd9d64b94f - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36c40a80109f1771d59558050b1a71e13c60c759 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d6d414b214ce31659bded2f8df50c93a3769474 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68e92085427c84e7679ddb53c0d68836d220b6e7 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a29f6bf60f2590fe5e9c4decb451e19afad2bcf - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eae074dab764ea181bbed5e88626889319177498 - Patch | |
| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
18 Feb 2026, 17:52
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| Summary |
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14 Feb 2026, 15:16
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-02-14 15:16
Updated : 2026-03-18 13:39
NVD link : CVE-2026-23120
Mitre link : CVE-2026-23120
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-23120
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
