CVE-2024-57903: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: restrict SO_REUSEPORT to inet sockets After blamed commit, crypto sockets could accid

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: restrict SO_REUSEPORT to inet sockets After blamed commit, crypto sockets could accid

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: restrict SO_REUSEPORT to inet sockets After blamed commit, crypto sockets could accidentally be destroyed from RCU call back, as spotted by zyzbot [1]. Trying to acquire a mutex in RCU callback is not allowed. Restrict SO_REUSEPORT socket option to inet sockets. v1 of this patch supported TCP, UDP and SCTP sockets, but fcnal-test.sh test needed RAW and ICMP support. [1] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/mutex.c:562 in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 24, name: ksoftirqd/1 preempt_count: 100, expected: 0 RCU nest depth: 0, expected: 0 1 lock held by ksoftirqd/1/24: #0: ffffffff8e937ba0 (rcu_callback){....}-{0:0}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:337 [inline] #0: ffffffff8e937ba0 (rcu_callback){....}-{0:0}, at: rcu_do_batch kernel/rcu/tree.c:2561 [inline] #0: ffffffff8e937ba0 (rcu_callback){....}-{0:0}, at: rcu_core+0xa37/0x17a0 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2823 Preemption disabled at: [<ffffffff8161c8c8>] softirq_handle_begin kernel/softirq.c:402 [inline] [<ffffffff8161c8c8>] handle_softirqs+0x128/0x9b0 kernel/softirq.c:537 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID:

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

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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 0.20%, higher than 9% of CVEs. That’s low, but low isn’t zero, and the odds jump the day someone publishes an exploit. Scored October 29, 2026, updated daily.

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