Vulnerability intelligence

CVE-2026-53361

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: Set gc_in_progress to true in unix_gc(). Igor Ushakov reported that unix_gc() could run with gc_in_progress being false if the work is scheduled while running: Thread 1 Thread 2 Thread 3 -------- -------- -------- unix_schedule_gc() unix_schedule_gc() `- if (!gc_in_progress) `- if (!gc_in_progress) |- gc_in_progress = true | `- queue_work() | unix_gc() <----------------/ | | |- gc_in_progress = true ... `- queue_work() | | `- gc_in_progress = false | | unix_gc() <---------------------------------------------' | ... / gc_in_progress == false / | `- gc_in_progress = false unix_peek_fpl() relies on gc_in_progress not to confuse GC by MSG_PEEK. Let's set gc_in_pro

CVSS Score

7.1

High

EPSS — Exploit Probability

0.2%

Riskier than 13% of all CVEs · checked 2026-10-09

Exploitation

Not in CISA KEV

KEV does not include every exploited vulnerability

Remediation

Patch available

Vendor fix published