A race condition during TCP connection teardown can cause tcp_recv() to operate on a connection that has already been released. If tcp_conn_search() returns NULL while processing a SYN packet, a NULL pointer derived from stale context data is passed to tcp_backlog_is_full() and dereferenced without validation, leading to a crash.

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Description A race condition during TCP connection teardown can cause tcp_recv() to operate on a connection that has already been released. If tcp_conn_search() returns NULL while processing a SYN packet, a NULL pointer derived from stale context data is passed to tcp_backlog_is_full() and dereferenced without validation, leading to a crash.
Title net: ip/tcp: Null pointer dereference can be triggered by a race condition
Weaknesses CWE-476
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: zephyr

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-05T03:34:56.323Z

Reserved: 2026-04-05T03:23:27.992Z

Link: CVE-2026-5590

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-05T04:16:16.370

Modified: 2026-04-05T04:16:16.370

Link: CVE-2026-5590

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