kernel: rxrpc: Fix a race between socket set up and I/O thread creation

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's rxrpc module. A race condition exists during the setup of a socket and its associated I/O thread. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted User Datagram Protocol UDP packet, which might be processed by rxrpcencaprcv before the I/O thread is fully...

Linux Kernel Security Vulnerabilities

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system of the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel that stems from a race condition between socket setup and I/O thread creation in the rxrpcopensocket function, which could...