Independent & educational platform Not a government body. No link or affiliation with any government organisation. Made for learning only. Test only systems you own or are authorised to test. Become a Partner or Sponsor → Full disclaimer

CVE-2026-31673

high

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: read UNIX_DIAG_VFS data under unix_state_lock Exact UNIX diag lookups hold a ref…

Vendor / product: Linux — linux kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: read UNIX_DIAG_VFS data under unix_state_lock Exact UNIX diag lookups hold a reference to the socket, but not to u->path. Meanwhile, unix_release_sock() clears u->path under unix_state_lock() and drops the path reference after unlocking. Read the inode and device numbers for UNIX_DIAG_VFS while holding unix_state_lock(), then emit the netlink attribute after dropping the lock. This keeps the VFS data stable while the reply is being built.

CVSS
7.8
7.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-04-25 09:16
Modified: 2026-11-11 23:10
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 3 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-11 23:13 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

linux / linux_kernel ≥3.3 <6.6.136, ≥6.7 <6.12.83, ≥6.13 <6.18.24, ≥6.19 <6.19.14, 7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-362

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c739f3785f84af695952c2bac8be2f45082c9b8
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39897df386376912d561d4946499379effa1e7ef
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/900a4e0910e98b8caef117d5df00471fa438dcf9
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9232421a77a649c9376c99fdfc8cb7f79cad34c
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdf206e740bf2919d818f132c8c9cc7ed91d11c0

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-11 23:13 UTC · record ↗

Learn the basics

Understanding CVEs and CVSS Scores

Related CVEs