Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-97814.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-97814
Upstream
Published
2026-08-26T15:17:05Z
Modified
2026-09-19T05:33:49Z
Summary
CVE-2026-80521 affecting package kernel 6.6.150.1-1
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

af_unix: Unlink scc_entry in unix_del_edge().

Kyle Zeng reported that GC could free a dead SCC partially.

The scenario is as follows:

  1. Create two SCCs:

    X -. A <-> B ^--'

  2. Run the following concurrently:

    2-1) send() sk-B to sk-B from sk-X 2-2) close() both A and B

At 2-1), there is a small window where unix_add_edges() publishes a new edge (B <-> B) to GC but its skb is not queued by skb_queue_tail().

If 2-2) completes before skb_queue_tail() and GC is triggered, it judges A <-> B as dead, but B is not freed because GC cannot collect the not-yet-queued skb holding the B <-> B edge.

   X -.   A <-> B -. This edge is visible
   ^--'         ^..'  but skb is not

This itself is not a problem since the next GC run will judge B as dead as well and free it finally.

   X -.   A <.> B -.
   ^--'         ^--'

However, X's SCC forces the next GC to call unix_walk_scc_fast(), and it iterates over A through B's scc_entry.

Let's unlink scc_entry before freeing the vertex in unix_del_edge().

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:3 / kernel

Package

Name
kernel
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Last Affected
6.6.150.1-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-97814.json"