In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been...
Moderate severity
Unreviewed
Published
May 21, 2024
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Jun 23, 2025
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
May 21, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 21, 2024
Last updated
Jun 23, 2025
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netrom: Decrease sock refcount when sock timers expire
Commit 63346650c1a9 ("netrom: switch to sock timer API") switched to use
sock timer API. It replaces mod_timer() by sk_reset_timer(), and
del_timer() by sk_stop_timer().
Function sk_reset_timer() will increase the refcount of sock if it is
called on an inactive timer, hence, in case the timer expires, we need to
decrease the refcount ourselves in the handler, otherwise, the sock
refcount will be unbalanced and the sock will never be freed.
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