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Advisory severityMedium5.5Vendor: LowRed Hat Linux

Medium [CVE-2026-52928] Reject SIOCATMARK on non-stream sockets

This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-52928 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat package: kernel.

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CVE-2026-52928
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat LinuxLinux Kernel
Open source advisory

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: Reject SIOCATMARK on non-stream sockets SIOCATMARK reports whether the receive queue is at the urgent mark for MSG_OOB. In AF_UNIX, MSG_OOB is supported only for SOCK_STREAM sockets.

SOCK_DGRAM and SOCK_SEQPACKET reject MSG_OOB in sendmsg() and recvmsg(), so they should not support SIOCATMARK either. This vulnerability involves the incorrect handling of the `SIOCATMARK` operation when used with non-stream sockets, such as `SOCK_DGRAM` and `SOCK_SEQPACKET`.

These socket types did not properly reject `SIOCATMARK`, an operation intended only for `SOCK_STREAM` sockets. This could lead to unexpected system behavior when an application attempts to perform this unsupported operation.

Red Hat severity: Low — CVSS 5.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H). Weakness: CWE-1287.

Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Will not fix / out of support: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat does not currently list a fixing RHSA for this CVE.

Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat package: kernel.

Is CVE-2026-52928 exploited?

No exploitation is reported in the sources VulniPulse tracks: CVE-2026-52928 is not in the CISA KEV catalog (checked ) and this advisory does not report exploitation. That is not proof the vulnerability cannot be exploited.

How do I fix CVE-2026-52928?

The advisory VulniPulse tracks names no fixed release. Follow Red Hat's guidance for workarounds and updates.

Confirm against the vendor advisory before you patch.

Affected versions

No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative. Check it before change work.

Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 15 days ago·verify at source

Fixed versions

No fixed release is recorded yet. That does not prove no patch exists. Confirm against the vendor advisory.

Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 15 days ago·verify at source

Mitigation

The source record does not include mitigation steps. That does not mean no fix exists. Read the vendor advisory below for the authoritative guidance.

Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 15 days ago·verify at source

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