CVE-2026-46015

Status: UPDATED  |  Advisory ID: CVE-2026-46015

Key Details

Affected Products, Subsystems & Sectors

What to Know

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

tcp: call sk_data_ready() after listener migration

When inet_csk_listen_stop() migrates an established child socket from

a closing listener to another socket in the same SO_REUSEPORT group,

the target listener gets a new accept-queue entry via

inet_csk_reqsk_queue_add(), but that path never notifies the target

listener's waiters. A nonblocking accept() still works because it

checks the queue directly, but poll()/epoll_wait() waiters and

blocking accept() callers can also remain asleep indefinitely.

Call READ_ONCE(nsk->sk_data_ready)(nsk) after a successful migration

in inet_csk_listen_stop().

However, after inet_csk_reqsk_queue_add() succeeds, the ref acquired

in reuseport_migrate_sock() is effectively transferred to

nreq->rsk_listener. Another CPU can then dequeue nreq via accept()

or listener shutdown, hit reqsk_put(), and drop that listener ref.

Since listeners are SOCK_RCU_FREE, wrap the post-queue_add()

dereferences of nsk in rcu_read_lock()/rcu_read_unlock(), which also

covers the existing sock_net(nsk) access in that path.

The reqsk_timer_handler() path does not need the same changes for two

reasons: half-open requests become readable only after the final ACK,

where tcp_child_process() already wakes the listener; and once nreq is

visible via inet_ehash_insert(), the success path no longer touches

nsk directly. (NVD)

What to Do

Monitor Siemens's web page for any future patch releases.

References