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Fencer Vulns
high 7.1

CVE-2026-53361 json

af_unix: Set gc_in_progress to true in unix_gc().

published 2026-07-04 4 mo ago modified 2026-10-19 20 d ago also EUVD-2026-41668

cvss
7.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 17%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

af_unix: Set gc_in_progress to true in unix_gc().

Igor Ushakov reported that unix_gc() could run with gc_in_progress being false if the work is scheduled while running:

Thread 1 Thread 2 Thread 3 -------- -------- -------- unix_schedule_gc() unix_schedule_gc() `- if (!gc_in_progress) `- if (!gc_in_progress) |- gc_in_progress = true | `- queue_work() | unix_gc() <----------------/ | | |- gc_in_progress = true ... `- queue_work() | | `- gc_in_progress = false | | unix_gc() <---------------------------------------------' | ... /* gc_in_progress == false */ | `- gc_in_progress = false

unix_peek_fpl() relies on gc_in_progress not to confuse GC by MSG_PEEK.

Let's set gc_in_progress to true in unix_gc().

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 6.1.183, 6.6.144, 6.12.95, 6.18.38, 7.1
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.187-1
  • linux Debian 13 6.12.95-1
  • linux Debian 14 7.1.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53361

  • linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-147.147
  • linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-31.31
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1067.70
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1012.12
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1071.79
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1011.11
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1066.74
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1006.7

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53361

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  • kernel RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2
  • rv RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2
  • perf RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2
  • rtla RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2
  • libperf RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2
  • kernel-rt RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2
  • kernel-64k RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2
  • kernel-core RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:67471RHSA-2026:62609

  • kernel AlmaLinux 10 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2
  • rv AlmaLinux 10 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2
  • perf AlmaLinux 10 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2
  • rtla AlmaLinux 10 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2
  • libperf AlmaLinux 10 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2
  • kernel-rt AlmaLinux 10 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2
  • kernel-64k AlmaLinux 10 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2
  • kernel-core AlmaLinux 10 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:67471ALSA-2026:54343

  • kernel Rocky Linux 10 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:67471

  • kernel Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.144.1-1

azure linux advisories AZL-92004

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-53361 updated cvss 7.8

kernel: af_unix: Set gc_in_progress to true in unix_gc()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) rv 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2, perf 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2, rtla 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2, python3-perf 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2, kernel-devel-matched 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2, kernel-64k-devel-matched 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:67471
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) rv 6.12.0-55.102.1.el10_0, perf 6.12.0-55.102.1.el10_0, rtla 6.12.0-55.102.1.el10_0, python3-perf 6.12.0-55.102.1.el10_0, kernel-devel-matched 6.12.0-55.102.1.el10_0, kernel-64k-devel-matched 6.12.0-55.102.1.el10_0, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:62609
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) kernel 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2, kernel-64k 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2, kernel-core 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2, kernel-tools 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2, kernel-modules 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2, kernel-64k-core 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2, +28 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:67471
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0) kernel 6.12.0-55.102.1.el10_0, kernel-64k 6.12.0-55.102.1.el10_0, kernel-core 6.12.0-55.102.1.el10_0, kernel-tools 6.12.0-55.102.1.el10_0, kernel-modules 6.12.0-55.102.1.el10_0, kernel-64k-core 6.12.0-55.102.1.el10_0, +27 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:62609
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) libperf 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:67471
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 10.0) libperf 6.12.0-55.102.1.el10_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 6.12.0-55.102.1.el10_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 6.12.0-55.102.1.el10_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 6.12.0-55.102.1.el10_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 6.12.0-55.102.1.el10_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:62609
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10) kernel-rt 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-64k 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-64k-core 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:67471
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v. 10.0) kernel-rt 6.12.0-55.102.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-64k 6.12.0-55.102.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-55.102.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-55.102.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-64k-core 6.12.0-55.102.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-debug-core 6.12.0-55.102.1.el10_0, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:62609
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 10) kernel-rt 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-modules-core 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-debug-modules 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:67471
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v. 10.0) kernel-rt 6.12.0-55.102.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-kvm 6.12.0-55.102.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-55.102.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-55.102.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 6.12.0-55.102.1.el10_0, kernel-rt-debug-core 6.12.0-55.102.1.el10_0, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:62609
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
23 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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