CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-99139

Low risk· EPSS 6%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, do_tcp_getsockopt() for TCP_CONGESTION suffers a use-after-free. The icsk_ca_ops pointer is read without holding rcu_read_lock(), and with BPF struct_ops it may point to memory freed concurrently via setsockopt(TCP_CONGESTION).

Risk Assessment

A local attacker can trigger a read of freed memory, leading to data disclosure or kernel crash (denial of service). Systems with BPF congestion control enabled are affected.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix (rcu_read_lock around ca_ops->name access plus READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE). Until then, restrict loading of BPF struct_ops programs.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: fix use-after-free in do_tcp_getsockopt(TCP_CONGESTION) do_tcp_getsockopt() reads icsk->icsk_ca_ops->name without holding rcu_read_lock(). Since commit 0baf26b0fcd7 ("bpf: tcp: Support tcp_congestion_ops in bpf"), icsk_ca_ops can point to dynamically allocated BPF struct_ops memory that may be freed concurrently via setsockopt(TCP_CONGESTION), leading to a use-after-free. BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in _copy_to_user+0x37/0x60 Read of size 16 at addr ffff888013505260 by task exploit/149 _copy_to_user+0x37/0x60 do_tcp_getsockopt+0x158a/0x2460 (net/ipv4/tcp.c:4585) tcp_getsockopt+0x91/0xf0 __sys_getsockopt+0xf7/0x170 Fix this by holding rcu_read_lock() around the ca_ops->name access, using READ_ONCE() to load icsk_ca_ops, and copying the name to a stack buffer before releasing the lock. Also annotate the relevant icsk_ca_ops stores with WRITE_ONCE() to fix the accompanying KCSAN data-race issue.

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