Unscored severity · published Oct 28, 2026
CVE-2026-99122
vsock/vmci: validate packet source for connected sockets
New
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CVSS
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EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
vsock/vmci: validate packet source for connected sockets
vmci_transport_recv_stream_cb() looks up sockets first by the full source
and destination tuple, then by destination only in the bound table. The
fallback can select a non-listening socket without checking whether the
packet came from its stored peer.
This was reproduced with two VMCI contexts. A RST from the context not
stored in a TCP_SYN_SENT socket reset that socket after it was selected by
the destination-only lookup.
VMCI can process notification packets in bottom-half context when the
socket is not owned by user context, or defer packets to a workqueue. Use
vsock_check_source() after taking the socket lock in the bottom-half path,
and recheck after lock_sock() in the workqueue path. Listening sockets
continue to accept packets from any source.
Reply with a RST addressed from the received packet before dropping a
source that fails validation. This preserves the existing reset behavior
for bound non-listening and concurrently closed sockets without directing
the reset to a connected socket's stored peer.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 before c027f8b429dbb2157fc1b503df196e272d947c89; d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 before 90c423b62ec9be08177f74b07a47937ca8d2035b; d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 before ad9a7da3fa39c2d616ec0dd3cf6e30531d032fe7; 3.9 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99122
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99122
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c027f8b429dbb2157fc1b503df196e272d947c89
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90c423b62ec9be08177f74b07a47937ca8d2035b
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad9a7da3fa39c2d616ec0dd3cf6e30531d032fe7
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