SB20260918433 - Race condition in Linux kernel sunrpc
Published: September 18, 2026
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-90235)
CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CVSSv4: 0 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to trigger invocation of stale socket callbacks.
The vulnerability exists due to improper synchronization in SUNRPC xprtsock socket callback handling when concurrent socket callback handling occurs during teardown. A remote attacker can race callback processing with socket teardown to trigger invocation of stale socket callbacks.
The issue applies when SUNRPC takes over AF_LOCAL, UDP, or TCP sockets.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33930840b5f0a79f826e7c69dc6cd78f72a67481
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/589f761236e05ff9de1bdfd6a5258f113e6457fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8f0b83753809761a560c4b33249388548ba6e43
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da652cb17f9faeea1fa44b7215e8869a0b10b664
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed80d009b154aa204f541d390884851b3d4f15ae