CVE-2024-35910 is a use-after-free condition in the Linux kernel TCP subsystem affecting transmission-timer cleanup for kernel sockets during network-namespace teardown. TCP socket closure used non-synchronous timer deletion, permitting an already executing or pending timer callback to complete after the associated network namespace had been dismantled. Unlike user sockets, kernel sockets do not retain a reference to their network namespace. The upstream fix adds synchronous TCP transmit-timer cleanup for kernel sockets, ensuring timers have terminated before the socket is released, and adds lock-ownership validation because synchronous timer cancellation must not execute while the socket lock is held.
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Linux TCP flaw involving improper termination of timers for kernel sockets.
A Linux kernel TCP issue involving proper termination of timers for kernel sockets. It is rated medium severity in the referenced tracking record and has been resolved in listed kernel releases and Red Hat Enterprise Linux advisories.
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