CVE-2024-26679: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: inet: read sk->sk_family once in inet_recv_error() inet_recv_error() is called without holding the socket lock. IPv6 socket could mutate to IPv4 with IPV6_ADDRFORM socket option and trigger a KCSAN warning.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 10.0 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: from 3.18, before 4.19.307 (fixed in 4.19.307); from 4.20, before 5.4.269 (fixed in 5.4.269); from 5.5, before 5.10.210 (fixed in 5.10.210); from 5.11, before 5.15.149 (fixed in 5.15.149); from 5.16, before 6.1.78 (fixed in 6.1.78); from 6.2, before 6.6.17 (fixed in 6.6.17); …

Published 2024-04-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.