Critical severity · published Sep 17, 2026
CVE-2026-90235
sunrpc: xprtsock: annotate shared socket callbacks with READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE
9.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sunrpc: xprtsock: annotate shared socket callbacks with READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE
xprtsock replaces and restores sk->sk_data_ready and
sk->sk_write_space on live sockets with plain stores, and
xs_udp_do_set_buffer_size() invokes sk->sk_write_space via a plain
load. These callback pointers are shared with generic socket and
protocol paths that may read or invoke them concurrently, so xprtsock
needs the same READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() callback visibility contract
that the validated 4022 family applied elsewhere.
When SUNRPC takes over an AF_LOCAL, UDP, or TCP socket and later
restores the lower-socket callbacks during teardown, another CPU may
still hold an earlier callback snapshot. The plain replace/restore
pattern leaves the same visibility hole as the validated 4022 family,
so a stale snapshot can still invoke xs_data_ready() or
xs_udp_write_space() after the live callback fields have already been
restored to the lower-socket handlers.
Use WRITE_ONCE() for the shared sk_data_ready and sk_write_space
stores in xs_local_finish_connecting(), xs_udp_finish_connecting(),
xs_tcp_finish_connecting(), and xs_restore_old_callbacks(). Use
READ_ONCE() for the direct sk_write_space invocation in
xs_udp_do_set_buffer_size(). This matches the required callback
visibility contract while leaving adjacent sk_state_change and
sk_error_report handling unchanged.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 49% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
a246b0105bbd9a70a698f69baae2042996f2a0e9 before ed80d009b154aa204f541d390884851b3d4f15ae; a246b0105bbd9a70a698f69baae2042996f2a0e9 before 589f761236e05ff9de1bdfd6a5258f113e6457fe; a246b0105bbd9a70a698f69baae2042996f2a0e9 before da652cb17f9faeea1fa44b7215e8869a0b10b664; a246b0105bbd9a70a698f69baae2042996f2a0e9 before d8f0b83753809761a560c4b33249388548ba6e43; a246b0105bbd9a70a698f69baae2042996f2a0e9 before 33930840b5f0a79f826e7c69dc6cd78f72a67481; 2.6.15 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90235
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90235
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33930840b5f0a79f826e7c69dc6cd78f72a67481
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/589f761236e05ff9de1bdfd6a5258f113e6457fe
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8f0b83753809761a560c4b33249388548ba6e43
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da652cb17f9faeea1fa44b7215e8869a0b10b664
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed80d009b154aa204f541d390884851b3d4f15ae
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