CVE-2026-23255

Technical Description

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

net: add proper RCU protection to /proc/net/ptype

Yin Fengwei reported an RCU stall in ptype_seq_show() and provided

a patch.

Real issue is that ptype_seq_next() and ptype_seq_show() violate

RCU rules.

ptype_seq_show() runs under rcu_read_lock(), and reads pt->dev

to get device name without any barrier.

At the same time, concurrent writers can remove a packet_type structure

(which is correctly freed after an RCU grace period) and clear pt->dev

without an RCU grace period.

Define ptype_iter_state to carry a dev pointer along seq_net_private:

struct ptype_iter_state {

struct seq_net_private p;

struct net_device *dev; // added in this patch

};

We need to record the device pointer in ptype_get_idx() and

ptype_seq_next() so that ptype_seq_show() is safe against

concurrent pt->dev changes.

We also need to add full RCU protection in ptype_seq_next().

(Missing READ_ONCE() when reading list.next values)

Many thanks

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

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