{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-23255 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-23255 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Mar 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-23255 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-23255 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Mar 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-23255 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23255/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23255/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-23255","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23255/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-23255","record":{"aliases":["AZL-80076","BELL-CVE-2026-23255","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23255","GHSA-9w39-mw48-92gc","ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2026-23255","ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2026-23255","ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2026-23255","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2026-23255","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2026-23255","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23255"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A race condition in the Linux kernel's /proc/net/ptype handling can cause an RCU stall, leading to a denial of service.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"race_condition"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":5.5,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"net: add proper RCU protection to /proc/net/ptype","id":"CVE-2026-23255","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"race_condition","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"net: liquidio: Fix off-by-one error in VF setup_nic_devices() cleanup","id":"CVE-2026-23256"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"net: gro: fix outer network offset","id":"CVE-2026-23254"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-03-18","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-15","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A race condition in the Linux kernel's /proc/net/ptype handling can cause an RCU stall, leading to a denial of service.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23255/"}