CVE-2026-23240

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tls: Fix race condition in tls_sw_cancel_work_tx() This issue was discovered during a code audit. After cancel_delayed_work_sync() is called from tls_sk_proto_close(), tx_work_handler() can still be scheduled from paths such as the Delayed ACK handler or ksoftirqd. As a result, the tx_work_handler() worker may dereference a freed TLS object. The following is a simple race scenario: cpu0 cpu1 tls_sk_proto_close() tls_sw_cancel_work_tx() tls_write_space() tls_sw_write_space() if (!test_and_set_bit(BIT_TX_SCHEDULED, &tx_ctx->tx_bitmask)) set_bit(BIT_TX_SCHEDULED, &ctx->tx_bitmask); cancel_delayed_work_sync(&ctx->tx_work.work); schedule_delayed_work(&tx_ctx->tx_work.work, 0); To prevent this race condition, cancel_delayed_work_sync() is replaced with disable_delayed_work_sync().

CVSS 3.1

9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 43% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-362

Published

2026-03-10

Modified

2026-10-19

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-21

Affected

• linux:linux_kernel

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17153f154f80be2b47ebf52840f2d8f724eb2f3b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bb09315f93dce6acc54bf59e5a95ba7365c2be4
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/854cd32bc74fe573353095e90958490e4e4d641b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5de36d6cee74a92c1a21b260bc507e64bc451de

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