CVE-2024-26862: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: packet: annotate data-races around ignore_outgoing ignore

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: packet: annotate data-races around ignore_outgoing ignore_outgoing is read locklessly from

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: packet: annotate data-races around ignore_outgoing ignore_outgoing is read locklessly from dev_queue_xmit_nit() and packet_getsockopt() Add appropriate READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() annotations. syzbot reported: BUG: KCSAN: data-race in dev_queue_xmit_nit / packet_setsockopt write to 0xffff888107804542 of 1 bytes by task 22618 on cpu 0: packet_setsockopt+0xd83/0xfd0 net/packet/af_packet.c:4003 do_sock_setsockopt net/socket.c:2311 [inline] __sys_setsockopt+0x1d8/0x250 net/socket.c:2334 __do_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2343 [inline] __se_sys_setsockopt net/socket.c:2340 [inline] __x64_sys_setsockopt+0x66/0x80 net/socket.c:2340 do_syscall_64+0xd3/0x1d0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6d/0x75 read to 0xffff888107804542 of 1 bytes by task 27 on cpu 1: dev_queue_xmit_nit+0x82/0x620 net/core/dev.c:2248 xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3527 [inline] dev_hard_start_xmit+0xcc/0x3f0 net/core/dev.c:3547 __dev_queue_xmit+0xf24/0x1dd0 net/core/dev.c:4335 dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3091 [inline] batadv_send_skb_packet+0x264/0x300 net/batman-adv/send.c:108 batadv_send_broadcast_skb+0x24/0x30 net/batman-adv/s

Description from the National Vulnerability Database, published by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

What it means for a small business

Linux is on the computers, phones or browsers your team uses every day. Turn on automatic updates and restart: most of these fixes only take effect after a restart.

How likely is an attack? The Exploit Prediction Scoring System, run by FIRST (the global association of security response teams), puts the odds of this one being exploited in the next 30 days at 0.21%, higher than 10% of CVEs. That’s low, but low isn’t zero, and the odds jump the day someone publishes an exploit. Scored October 31, 2026, updated daily.

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Sources

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