CVE-2026-53292

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: phonet: do not BUG_ON() in pn_socket_autobind() on failed bind syzbot reported a kernel BUG triggered from pn_socket_sendmsg() via pn_socket_autobind(): kernel BUG at net/phonet/socket.c:213! RIP: 0010:pn_socket_autobind net/phonet/socket.c:213 [inline] RIP: 0010:pn_socket_sendmsg+0x240/0x250 net/phonet/socket.c:421 Call Trace: sock_sendmsg_nosec+0x112/0x150 net/socket.c:797 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:812 [inline] __sys_sendto+0x402/0x590 net/socket.c:2280 ... pn_socket_autobind() calls pn_socket_bind() with port 0 and, on -EINVAL, assumes the socket was already bound and asserts that the port is non-zero: err = pn_socket_bind(sock, ..., sizeof(struct sockaddr_pn)); if (err != -EINVAL) return err; BUG_ON(!pn_port(pn_sk(sock->sk)->sobject)); return 0; /* socket was already bound */ However pn_socket_bind() also returns -EINVAL when sk->sk_state is not TCP_CLOSE, even when the socket has never been bound and pn_port() is still 0. In that case the BUG_ON() fires and panics the kernel from a user-triggerable path. Treat the "bind returned -EINVAL but pn_port() is still 0" case as a regular error and propagate -EINVAL to the caller instead of crashing. Existing callers already translate a non-zero return from pn_socket_autobind() into -ENOBUFS/-EAGAIN, so returning -EINVAL here only changes behaviour from panic to a normal errno.

Package Linux Kernel
Published 2026-06-26
Last modified 2026-06-26
Patch available
Yes

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 2.6.28 and later are affected. Fixed in 7.0.10, 7.1 and their respective stable series.

Affected from
≥ 2.6.28
Fixed in
✓ 7.0.10 7.0.x ✓ 7.1

Frequently asked questions

  • What is CVE-2026-53292?

    CVE-2026-53292 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 2.6.28 onward and has been patched in 7.0.10 and 7.1. CVE-2026-53292 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

  • Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-53292?

    Yes — CVE-2026-53292 has been patched. Fixed versions include 7.0.10 and 7.1. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.28 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

  • Is CVE-2026-53292 actively exploited?

    No — CVE-2026-53292 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.