CVE-2026-46015 PUBLISHED

tcp: call sk_data_ready() after listener migration

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 13.05.2026 Published: 27.05.2026 Updated: 27.05.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 54b92e84193749c9968aff2dd46e3b0f42643e18 to ab5fdcd535645f6dbe6e9e21d96a08d141e88b4b (excl.)
  • affected from 54b92e84193749c9968aff2dd46e3b0f42643e18 to bebd058ef40c67a81fe6d9ee8beaa4ede90e0704 (excl.)
  • affected from 54b92e84193749c9968aff2dd46e3b0f42643e18 to 83bb57635d7cbafde32f865b577ecfd969f02337 (excl.)
  • affected from 54b92e84193749c9968aff2dd46e3b0f42643e18 to 12625b4da84caf4d84a04988710a7b9bcf702b18 (excl.)
  • affected from 54b92e84193749c9968aff2dd46e3b0f42643e18 to 3864c6ba1e041bc75342353a70fa2a2c6f909923 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.14 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.14 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.140 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.86 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.27 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0.4 to 7.0.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1-rc1 to * (incl.)

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