Vulnerability details

CVE-2025-68775

Linux Linux

net/handshake: duplicate handshake cancellations leak socket

CVSS 3.1
9.8Critical

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/handshake: duplicate handshake cancellations leak socket When a handshake request is cancelled it is removed from the handshake_net->hn_requests list, but it is still present in the handshake_rhashtbl until it is destroyed. If a second cancellation request arrives for the same handshake request, then remove_pending() will return false... and assuming HANDSHAKE_F_REQ_COMPLETED isn't set in req->hr_flags, we'll continue processing through the out_true label, where we put another reference on the sock and a refcount underflow occurs. This can happen for example if a handshake times out - particularly if the SUNRPC client sends the AUTH_TLS probe to the server but doesn't follow it up with the ClientHello due to a problem with tlshd. When the timeout is hit on the server, the server will send a FIN, which triggers a cancellation request via xs_reset_transport(). When the timeout is hit on the client, another cancellation request happens via xs_tls_handshake_sync(). Add a test_and_set_bit(HANDSHAKE_F_REQ_COMPLETED) in the pending cancel path so duplicate cancels can be detected.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
9.8Critical 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (Linux) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Linux Linux 6.4 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 3b3009ea8abb713b022d94fba95ec270cf6e7eae ≤ v < 011ae80c49d9bfa5b4336f8bd387cd25c7593663 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 3b3009ea8abb713b022d94fba95ec270cf6e7eae ≤ v < e1641177e7fb48a0a5a06658d4aab51da6656659 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 3b3009ea8abb713b022d94fba95ec270cf6e7eae ≤ v < 3c330f1dee3cd92b57e19b9d21dc8ce5970b09be CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 3b3009ea8abb713b022d94fba95ec270cf6e7eae ≤ v < 15564bd67e2975002f2a8e9defee33e321d3183f CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-01-13
Last updated
2026-10-19
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
Linux

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.54%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
46.1%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
Yes
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-662
    Improper Synchronization