Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
vsock/virtio: fix accept queue count leak on transport mismatch
virtio_transport_recv_listen() calls sk_acceptq_added() before vsock_assign_transport(). If vsock_assign_transport() fails or selects a different transport, the error path returns without calling sk_acceptq_removed(), permanently incrementing sk_ack_backlog.
After approximately backlog+1 such failures, sk_acceptq_is_full() returns true, causing the listener to reject all new connections.
Fix by moving sk_acceptq_added() to after the transport validation, matching the pattern used by vmci_transport and hyperv_transport.
Details
- Affected product:
- AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , Amazon Linux 2 ELS , TuxCare 9.6 ESU , Ubuntu 20.04 ELS
- Affected packages:
- kernel @ 5.14.0 (+3 more)
Fixes
KernelCare state
Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.
| Operating system | Status | Covered kernels |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2023 | Planned | — |
| Debian 11 | Planned | — |
| Debian 11 cloud | Planned | — |
| Debian 12 | Planned | — |
| Debian 13 | Released |
8 kernels
|
| Ubuntu 22.04 | Planned | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 | Planned | — |