{"id":"AZL-80076","summary":"CVE-2026-23255 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.137.1-1","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: add proper RCU protection to /proc/net/ptype\n\nYin Fengwei reported an RCU stall in ptype_seq_show() and provided\na patch.\n\nReal issue is that ptype_seq_next() and ptype_seq_show() violate\nRCU rules.\n\nptype_seq_show() runs under rcu_read_lock(), and reads pt-\u003edev\nto get device name without any barrier.\n\nAt the same time, concurrent writers can remove a packet_type structure\n(which is correctly freed after an RCU grace period) and clear pt-\u003edev\nwithout an RCU grace period.\n\nDefine ptype_iter_state to carry a dev pointer along seq_net_private:\n\nstruct ptype_iter_state {\n\tstruct seq_net_private\tp;\n\tstruct net_device\t*dev; // added in this patch\n};\n\nWe need to record the device pointer in ptype_get_idx() and\nptype_seq_next() so that ptype_seq_show() is safe against\nconcurrent pt-\u003edev changes.\n\nWe also need to add full RCU protection in ptype_seq_next().\n(Missing READ_ONCE() when reading list.next values)\n\nMany thanks to Dong Chenchen for providing a repro.","modified":"2026-08-28T17:48:02.586457047Z","published":"2026-03-18T18:16:23Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-23255"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23255"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kernel","ecosystem":"Azure Linux:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.6.137.1-1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-80076.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}