CVE-2026-53181

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/vmci: fix sk_ack_backlog leak on failed handshake When vmci_transport_recv_connecting_server() returns an error, vmci_transport_recv_listen() calls vsock_remove_pending() but never calls sk_acceptq_removed(). This leaves sk_ack_backlog incremented permanently. Repeated handshake failures (malformed packets, queue pair alloc failure, event subscribe failure) cause sk_ack_backlog to climb toward sk_max_ack_backlog. Once it reaches the limit the listener permanently refuses all new connections with -ECONNREFUSED, a silent denial of service requiring a process restart to recover. The two existing sk_acceptq_removed() calls in af_vsock.c do not cover this path: line 764 checks vsock_is_pending() which returns false after vsock_remove_pending(), and line 1889 is only reached on successful accept(). Fix by balancing sk_acceptq_added() with sk_acceptq_removed() on the error path.

Impact & exploitability

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22c587aa3ab1ab5264daff3ec32136fd30436c13 ↗

Additional information

• NVD record
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22c587aa3ab1ab5264daff3ec32136fd30436c13Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9698582a4dd9c4a05889d7db96d4c0edc9e69cacPatch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba9ad6015937a5e46ba1a31370e3efdec8abbdccPatch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcb275626055df7f8f947f1a349754b4004d9a15Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c05fa14db43ebef3bd862ca9d073981c0358b3f0Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf7090e255d74c4b61c51f8ede9fcacdd8393b5bPatch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfd853197615d322d3a88dbcab91fc0fd2096219Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea0b03d52881c12a8c634ea0d6cbfa61cefdb488Patch