CVE-2026-80521

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

af_unix: Unlink scc_entry in unix_del_edge().

Kyle Zeng reported that GC could free a dead SCC partially.

The scenario is as follows:

1. Create two SCCs:

   X -. A <-> B ^–'

2. Run the following concurrently:

   2-1) send() sk-B to sk-B from sk-X 2-2) close() both A and B

At 2-1), there is a small window where unix_add_edges() publishes a new edge (B <-> B) to GC but its skb is not queued by skb_queue_tail().

If 2-2) completes before skb_queue_tail() and GC is triggered, it judges A <-> B as dead, but B is not freed because GC cannot collect the not-yet-queued skb holding the B <-> B edge.

   X -.   A <-> B -. This edge is visible
   ^--'         ^..'  but skb is not

This itself is not a problem since the next GC run will judge B as dead as well and free it finally.

   X -.   A <.> B -.
   ^--'         ^--'

However, X's SCC forces the next GC to call unix_walk_scc_fast(), and it iterates over A through B's scc_entry.

Let's unlink scc_entry before freeing the vertex in unix_del_edge().

Affected Software

Weaknesses

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3702470ced94fad74d71e2232f022d2eb752a6d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/594d905195024b228c962627ae5ae7c17bd582a4

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