CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-99133

Low risk· EPSS 7%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel net/iucv, iucv_sock_recvmsg() sends the AF_IUCV_FLAG_WIN flag without testing the transport, causing a NULL dereference and spurious disconnect on classic z/VM sockets. Sending under spin_lock_bh also causes a race and double use of window credit.

Risk Assessment

An unprivileged process can trigger a spurious disconnect or negative credit counters, leading to denial of service or faulty IUCV communication. Affects HiperSockets/z/VM systems.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version with the fix testing the transport, claiming credit with atomic_xchg(), and sending after the lock is dropped. Restrict AF_IUCV socket access for unprivileged users.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/iucv: fix the recvmsg window update iucv_sock_recvmsg() sends the HiperSockets-only AF_IUCV_FLAG_WIN without testing the transport, so on a classic z/VM socket iucv_send_ctrl() sizes the skb through a NULL iucv->hs_dev. SO_MSGLIMIT accepts 1, so msglimit / 2 is zero and one recvmsg() on its own socket is enough for an unprivileged process to take a spurious disconnect. It also calls iucv_send_ctrl() under spin_lock_bh(&message_q.lock), which allocates GFP_KERNEL inside a section the code treats as atomic. Sending outside that lock lets two recvmsg() reach afiucv_hs_send() at once, where msg_recv is sampled for the advertised window and subtracted after dev_queue_xmit() -- and sendmsg reaches that counter under lock_sock() while recvmsg holds no socket lock, so both can subtract the same value, the counter goes negative and the credit reaches the peer twice. Test the transport, claim the credit with atomic_xchg() after the last error exit and hand it back if the transmit fails, and send once the lock is dropped.

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