CVE-2026-53361
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
04/07/2026
Last modified:
04/07/2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
af_unix: Set gc_in_progress to true in unix_gc().<br />
<br />
Igor Ushakov reported that unix_gc() could run with gc_in_progress<br />
being false if the work is scheduled while running:<br />
<br />
Thread 1 Thread 2 Thread 3<br />
-------- -------- --------<br />
unix_schedule_gc() unix_schedule_gc()<br />
`- if (!gc_in_progress) `- if (!gc_in_progress)<br />
|- gc_in_progress = true |<br />
`- queue_work() |<br />
unix_gc()



