CVE-2026-23239 Affecting kernel-source package, versions <6.12.0-160000.28.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-KERNELSOURCE-16332332
  • published1 May 2026
  • disclosed20 Apr 2026

Introduced: 20 Apr 2026

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How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 kernel-source to version 6.12.0-160000.28.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-source package and not the kernel-source package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:16.0.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

espintcp: Fix race condition in espintcp_close()

This issue was discovered during a code audit.

After cancel_work_sync() is called from espintcp_close(), espintcp_tx_work() can still be scheduled from paths such as the Delayed ACK handler or ksoftirqd. As a result, the espintcp_tx_work() worker may dereference a freed espintcp ctx or sk.

The following is a simple race scenario:

       cpu0                             cpu1

espintcp_close() cancel_work_sync(&ctx->work); espintcp_write_space() schedule_work(&ctx->work);

To prevent this race condition, cancel_work_sync() is replaced with disable_work_sync().

CVSS Base Scores

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