Vulnerability · Published Oct 28, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-99133net/iucv: fix the recvmsg window update

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In plain English

A 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 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS )–Not rated
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.3% 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/iucv: fix the recvmsg window update iucv_sock_recvmsg() sends the HiperSockets-only AF_IUCV_FLAG_WIN without testing the transport, so on a classic z/VM socket iucv_send_ctrl() sizes the skb through a NULL iucv->hs_dev. SO_MSGLIMIT accepts 1, so msglimit / 2 is zero and one recvmsg() on its own socket is enough for an unprivileged process to take a spurious disconnect. It also calls iucv_send_ctrl() under spin_lock_bh(&message_q.lock), which allocates GFP_KERNEL inside a section the code treats as atomic. Sending outside that lock lets two recvmsg() reach afiucv_hs_send() at once, where msg_recv is sampled for the advertised window and subtracted after dev_queue_xmit() -- and sendmsg reaches that counter under lock_sock() while recvmsg holds no socket lock, so both can subtract the same value, the counter goes negative and the credit reaches the peer twice. Test the transport, claim the credit with atomic_xchg() after the last error exit and hand it back if the transmit fails, and send once the lock is dropped.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linuxno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-99133
Debian:13linux6.12.115-2DEBIAN-CVE-2026-99133
Debian:14linux7.2.13-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotgno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-bosno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oem-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-vmwareno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99133

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 3881ac441f642d56503818123446f7298442236b – before 01123990f59ce32a1a5e690a4aeee002e932bb073881ac441f642d56503818123446f7298442236b – before 1ebe68bbf8e75eeccaca0c7bc9694f5bc0c3f00a3881ac441f642d56503818123446f7298442236b – before 23e7fbbdca5aaba2a9a7bb9e4f2dc179c290ee763881ac441f642d56503818123446f7298442236b – before ce8aac3eb57f5366fa082b7cb8a1ac5652274f373881ac441f642d56503818123446f7298442236b – before 8f2efa742f4cfe7dd756154f8bc07350dbe3ec923881ac441f642d56503818123446f7298442236b – before fe7393a627db2d093e8c0cae69d619b30fefae5f3881ac441f642d56503818123446f7298442236b – before fa5acd038ea657ad5033713d6916214cbd349151
Linux Linux 3.2

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