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

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-5590
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerzephyr
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-04-05 04:16:16 UTC
Updated2026-04-05 04:16:16 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.4 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-476 | CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary6.4MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
3.1CNACVSS6.4MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Zephyrproject-rtos Zephyr affected * 4.3 git Not specified

References

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github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-4vqm-pw24-... [email protected] github.com
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