CVE-2026-64435

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This constitutes data races.\n\nAll affected skb_queue_len(&audit_queue) call sites:\n - kauditd_thread() wait_event_freezable() condition\n - audit_receive_msg() AUDIT_GET handler (s.backlog assignment)\n - audit_receive() backlog check\n - audit_log_start() backlog check and pr_warn()\n\nKCSAN reports the following conflicting access pattern (one example):\n==================================================================\nBUG: KCSAN: data-race in audit_log_start / skb_dequeue\n\nwrite (marked) to 0xffffffff8512ee20 of 4 bytes by task 661 on cpu 57:\n skb_dequeue+0x70/0xf0\n kauditd_send_queue+0x71/0x220\n kauditd_thread+0x1cb/0x430\n kthread+0x1c2/0x210\n ret_from_fork+0x162/0x1a0\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n\nread to 0xffffffff8512ee20 of 4 bytes by task 36586 on cpu 1:\n audit_log_start+0x2a0/0x6b0\n audit_core_dumps+0x64/0xa0\n do_coredump+0x14b/0x1260\n get_signal+0xeb2/0xf70\n arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x41/0x170\n exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xa2/0x1c0\n do_syscall_64+0x1a3/0x1c0\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0xe0\n\nvalue changed: 0x00000001 -> 0x00000000\n==================================================================\n\nResolve the race by switching to lockless helper skb_queue_len_lockless(),\nwhich internally uses READ_ONCE() and properly pairs with the WRITE_ONCE()\nwrite accesses already present on the writer side.\n\n[PM: line length tweak]"}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H", "baseScore": 8.2, "baseSeverity": "HIGH"}, "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "AV:N - Unauthenticated packets matching a pre-existing nftables audit-level logging or xtables AUDIT rule reach audit_log_start() through the network receive and netfilter paths.\nAC:L - Parallel matching traffic invokes the vulnerable readers while feeding and waking kauditd, allowing the attacker to repeatedly drive both sides of the race.\nPR:N - The audit rule must already be 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