CVE-2026-23240: tls: Fix race condition in tls_sw_cancel_work_tx()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tls: Fix race condition in tls_sw_cancel_work_tx() This issue was discovered during a code audit. After cancel_delayed_work_sync() is called from tls_sk_proto_close(), tx_work_handler() can still be scheduled from paths such as the Delayed ACK handler or ksoftirqd. As a result, the tx_work_handler() worker may dereference a freed TLS object. The following is a simple race scenario: cpu0 cpu1 tls_sk_proto_close() tls_sw_cancel_work_tx() tls_write_space() tls_sw_write_space() if (!test_and_set_bit(BIT_TX_SCHEDULED, &tx_ctx->tx_bitmask)) set_bit(BIT_TX_SCHEDULED, &ctx->tx_bitmask); cancel_delayed_work_sync(&ctx->tx_work.work); schedule_delayed_work(&tx_ctx->tx_work.work, 0); To prevent this race condition, cancel_delayed_work_sync() is replaced with disable_delayed_work_sync().
Metrics
- CVSS v3.1
- 9.8
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- Fixed in
- 0
- Affected Products
- 2
Fix available
- Linux / Linux< a5de36d6cee74a92c1a21b260bc507e64bc451de (from f87e62d45e51b12d48d2cb46b5cde8f83b866bc4) · < 854cd32bc74fe573353095e90958490e4e4d641b (from f87e62d45e51b12d48d2cb46b5cde8f83b866bc4) · < 17153f154f80be2b47ebf52840f2d8f724eb2f3b (from f87e62d45e51b12d48d2cb46b5cde8f83b866bc4) · < 7bb09315f93dce6acc54bf59e5a95ba7365c2be4 (from f87e62d45e51b12d48d2cb46b5cde8f83b866bc4)
- Linux / Linux5.3Fixed in 0, 6.12.75, 6.18.16, 6.19.6, 7.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H