CVE-2026-52979: net: psp: check for device unregister when creating assoc

Published Jun 24, 2026
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Updated

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

net: psp: check for device unregister when creating assoc

pspassocdevicegetlocked() obtains a pspdev reference via pspdevgetforsock() (which uses pspdevtryget() under RCU); it then acquires psd->lock and drops the reference. Before the lock is taken, pspdevunregister() can run to completion: take psd->lock, clear out state, unlock, drop the registration reference.

The expectation is that the lock prevents device unregistration, but much like with netdevs special care has to be taken when "upgrading" a reference to a locked device. Add the missing check if device is still alive. pspdevisregistered() exists already but had no callers, which makes me wonder if I either forgot to add this or lost the check during refactoring...

Affected Software

4 affected components
Linux Linux kernel
Linux Linux kernel>=6.18<6.18.33
Linux Linux kernel>=6.19<7.0.10
Linux Linux kernel=7.1-rc1

Event History

Jun 24, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·04:28 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·04:28 PM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·05:17 PM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

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