CVE-2026-31503

About vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

udp: Fix wildcard bind conflict check when using hash2

When binding a udp_sock to a local address and port, UDP uses two hashes (udptable->hash and udptable->hash2) for collision detection. The current code switches to “hash2” when hslot->count > 10.

“hash2” is keyed by local address and local port. “hash” is keyed by local port only.

The issue can be shown in the following bind sequence (pseudo code):

bind(fd1, “[fd00::1]:8888”) bind(fd2, “[fd00::2]:8888”) bind(fd3, “[fd00::3]:8888”) bind(fd4, “[fd00::4]:8888”) bind(fd5, “[fd00::5]:8888”) bind(fd6, “[fd00::6]:8888”) bind(fd7, “[fd00::7]:8888”) bind(fd8, “[fd00::8]:8888”) bind(fd9, “[fd00::9]:8888”) bind(fd10, “[fd00::10]:8888”)

/* Correctly return -EADDRINUSE because “hash” is used

• instead of “hash2”. udp_lib_lport_inuse() detects the
• conflict. */ bind(fail_fd, “[::]:8888”)

/* After one more socket is bound to “[fd00::11]:8888”,

• hslot->count exceeds 10 and “hash2” is used instead. / bind(fd11, “[fd00::11]:8888”) bind(fail_fd, “[::]:8888”) / succeeds unexpectedly */

The same issue applies to the IPv4 wildcard address “0.0.0.0” and the IPv4-mapped wildcard address “::ffff:0.0.0.0”. For example, if there are existing sockets bound to “192.168.1.[1-11]:8888”, then binding “0.0.0.0:8888” or “[::ffff:0.0.0.0]:8888” can also miss the conflict when hslot->count > 10.

TCP inet_csk_get_port() already has the correct check in inet_use_bhash2_on_bind(). Rename it to inet_use_hash2_on_bind() and move it to inet_hashtables.h so udp.c can reuse it in this fix.

Affected product:

AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , Amazon Linux 2 ELS , CentOS 7 ELS , CentOS 8.4 ELS , CentOS 8.5 ELS , CentOS Stream 8 ELS , CloudLinux 7 ELS , Debian 10 ELS , Oracle Linux 7 ELS , RHEL 7 ELS , TuxCare 9.6 ESU , Ubuntu 16.04 ELS , Ubuntu 18.04 ELS , Ubuntu 20.04 ELS

Affected packages:

kernel @ 3.10.0 (+15 more)

Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.