GHSA-pcr3-grpm-hh36HighCVSS 7.8

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: read UNIX_DIAG_VFS...

Published
April 25, 2026
Last Modified
June 1, 2026

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📋 Description

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

af_unix: read UNIX_DIAG_VFS data under unix_state_lock

Exact UNIX diag lookups hold a reference to the socket, but not to u->path. Meanwhile, unix_release_sock() clears u->path under unix_state_lock() and drops the path reference after unlocking.

Read the inode and device numbers for UNIX_DIAG_VFS while holding unix_state_lock(), then emit the netlink attribute after dropping the lock.

This keeps the VFS data stable while the reply is being built.

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