UNKNOWNCVE-2026-5590

net: ip/tcp: Null pointer dereference can be triggered by a race condition

Platform

linux

Component

zephyr

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.

How to fix

Actualice a una versión de Zephyr posterior a la 4.3. Esta actualización corrige una condición de carrera en el proceso de finalización de la conexión TCP que podría provocar un fallo del sistema debido a un acceso a memoria nula.

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CVE-2026-5590 — Vulnerability Details | NextGuard | NextGuard