Vulnerability · Published Jun 24, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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

Medium 5.5

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 2% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 97.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: psp: check for device unregister when creating assoc psp_assoc_device_get_locked() obtains a psp_dev reference via psp_dev_get_for_sock() (which uses psp_dev_tryget() under RCU); it then acquires psd->lock and drops the reference. Before the lock is taken, psp_dev_unregister() 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. psp_dev_is_registered() exists already but had no callers, which makes me wonder if I either forgot to add this or lost the check during refactoring...

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:14linux7.0.10-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux7.0.0-28.28UBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-aws7.0.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure7.0.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-7.07.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde7.0.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-7.07.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gcp7.0.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-7.07.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gke7.0.0-1003.4UBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-7.07.0.0-28.28~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibm7.0.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia7.0.0-1016.16UBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-7.07.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-bos7.0.0-2016.16UBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oem-7.07.0.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oracle7.0.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-7.07.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-raspi7.0.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-realtime7.0.0-28.28.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-riscv7.0.0-28.28.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-7.07.0.0-28.28.1~24.04.3UBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-52979

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 6b46ca260e2290e3453d1355ab5b6d283d73d780 – before d90df5ce6deb2424de3ad89bcc693ac1b67accc96b46ca260e2290e3453d1355ab5b6d283d73d780 – before e201c57073e624dd2ba5beaf9eda31e19b77b3326b46ca260e2290e3453d1355ab5b6d283d73d780 – before b89769f936a8fa9e66de72ddc1b71a9745a488e6
Linux Linux 6.18

References