SB20260928120 - Race condition in Linux kernel rds

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-98071)

CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CVSSv4: 2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause connection state updates to be lost.

The vulnerability exists due to a data race in rds_conn_path_reset() when resetting RDS connection path flags concurrently with atomic flag operations. A local user can trigger concurrent connection reset and transmission operations to cause connection state updates to be lost.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/103c4b13c4f50322910078d1c02f29334a574122
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b8d7563c28b8112e6e54abe413b028ef3f8c549
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb62aa8f04655a4df487913949719c0a1266ed73
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed3ee0ac4aafda50c2f4381eb973beefeb7879ac