CVE-2026-23239

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:espintcp: Fix race condition in espintcp_close()This issue was discovered during a code audit.After cancel_work_sync() is called from espintcp_close(),espintcp_tx_work() can still be scheduled from paths such asthe Delayed ACK handler or ksoftirqd.As a result, the espintcp_tx_work() worker may dereference afreed espintcp ctx or sk.The following is a simple race scenario: cpu0 cpu1 espintcp_close() cancel_work_sync(&ctx->work); espintcp_write_space() schedule_work(&ctx->work);To prevent this race condition, cancel_work_sync() isreplaced with disable_work_sync().

Risk Information

Base Score

7.0

MODERATE

Vector

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

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.023

Associated Vulnerability

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Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234