Vulnerability · Published Feb 14, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-23118rxrpc: Fix data-race warning and potential load/store tearing

Medium 4.7

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 1% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)4.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)<0.1%top 99.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix data-race warning and potential load/store tearing Fix the following: BUG: KCSAN: data-race in rxrpc_peer_keepalive_worker / rxrpc_send_data_packet which is reporting an issue with the reads and writes to ->last_tx_at in: conn->peer->last_tx_at = ktime_get_seconds(); and: keepalive_at = peer->last_tx_at + RXRPC_KEEPALIVE_TIME; The lockless accesses to these to values aren't actually a problem as the read only needs an approximate time of last transmission for the purposes of deciding whether or not the transmission of a keepalive packet is warranted yet. Also, as ->last_tx_at is a 64-bit value, tearing can occur on a 32-bit arch. Fix both of these by switching to an unsigned int for ->last_tx_at and only storing the LSW of the time64_t. It can then be reconstructed at need provided no more than 68 years has elapsed since the last transmission.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linuxno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-23118
Debian:13linux6.12.69-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23118
Debian:14linux6.18.8-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-136.136USN-8567-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-136.136UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:25.10linuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1061.64UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1061.64USN-8595-2
Ubuntu:25.10linux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1061.64~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1061.64~22.04.1USN-8595-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1063.71UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.176.17.0-1021.21~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1063.71~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde6.8.0-1062.69UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.86.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1064.72USN-8567-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1064.72UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:25.10linux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.176.17.0-1021.24~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1064.72~22.04.1USN-8567-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1064.72~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1059.67USN-8567-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1059.67UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1046.50UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1046.50USN-8567-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.176.17.0-41.41~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-136.136~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1061.62UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1061.62USN-8574-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1061.62~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1061.62~22.04.1USN-8574-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotgno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-136.136.2USN-8574-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-136.136.2UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-136.136.2~22.04.1USN-8574-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-136.136.2~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1059.62UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1059.62USN-8596-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.176.17.0-1031.31UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1059.62~22.04.1USN-8596-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1059.62~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1059.62.1USN-8596-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1059.62.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1030.31UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1030.31USN-8574-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.176.17.0-1030.30UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1058.61USN-8574-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1058.61UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:25.10linux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.176.17.0-1019.19~24.04.3UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1058.61~22.04.1USN-8595-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1058.61~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1061.65USN-8665-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1061.65UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:25.10linux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:25.10linux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:25.10linux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-136.136~22.04.3UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-vmware6.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1033.34USN-8574-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1033.34UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-23118

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux ace45bec6d77bc061c3c3d8ad99e298ea9800c2b – before 49b8ef1abfe7713e15d9128006cb76e413b12b57ace45bec6d77bc061c3c3d8ad99e298ea9800c2b – before a426f29ac3fa3465093567ab763ada46762fb57cace45bec6d77bc061c3c3d8ad99e298ea9800c2b – before c08cf314191cd0f8699089715efb9eff030f0086ace45bec6d77bc061c3c3d8ad99e298ea9800c2b – before f8cf1368e0a5491b27189a695c36f64e48f3d19dace45bec6d77bc061c3c3d8ad99e298ea9800c2b – before 5d5fe8bcd331f1e34e0943ec7c18432edfcf0e8b
Linux Linux 4.17

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