CVE-2026-23460In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/rose: fix NULL pointer dereference in rose_transmit_link on reconnect syzkaller reported a bug [1], and the reproducer is avail…
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/rose: fix NULL pointer dereference in rose_transmit_link on reconnect syzkaller reported a bug [1], and the reproducer is available at [2]. ROSE sockets use four sk->sk_state values: TCP_CLOSE, TCP_LISTEN, TCP_SYN_SENT, and TCP_ESTABLISHED. rose_connect() already rejects calls for TCP_ESTABLISHED (-EISCONN) and TCP_CLOSE with SS_CONNECTING (-ECONNREFUSED), but lacks a check for TCP_SYN_SENT. When rose_connect() is called a second time while the first connection attempt is still in progress (TCP_SYN_SENT), it overwrites rose->neighbour via rose_get_neigh(). If that returns NULL, the socket is left with rose->state == ROSE_STATE_1 but rose->neighbour == NULL. When the socket is subsequently closed, rose_release() sees ROSE_STATE_1 and calls rose_write_internal() -> rose_transmit_link(skb, NULL), causing a NULL pointer dereference. Per connect(2), a second connect() while a connection is already in progress should return -EALREADY. Add this missing check for TCP_SYN_SENT to complete the state validation in rose_connect(). [1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=d00f90e0af54102fb271 [2] https://gist.github.com/mrpre/9e6779e0d13e2c66779b1653fef80516
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-476
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jul 24, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | from 2.6.12.1 before 5.10.253; from 5.11 before 5.15.203; from 5.16 before 6.1.167; from 6.2 before 6.6.130; from 6.7 before 6.12.78; from 6.13 before 6.18.20; from 6.19 before 6.19.10; 2.6.12; and 8 more ranges | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c3e8bff808f17ad37a51d8e719eed22c7863120patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c9fb70a206a8734e10468ecc24d57c7596cf64epatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/508f49ccbe0329641bb681f7d0052bb4e5943252patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a12254050e3050f1011cd24f3b880a6882d0139dpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a753844d2a8136f090123c8fb1ff6c7f6ee7c2b3patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2ab74c12932e52cfa1e7e4582d42b0c8bec96c7patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c85fe6580e86947ca07907ebf4363a73c156fda7patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1f0a18c9564cdb16523c802e2c6fe5874e3d944patch
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