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CVE Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2026-10671
PUBLISHED
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Assigner-zephyr
Assigner Org ID-e2e69745-5e70-4e92-8431-deb5529a81ad
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-14 Jul, 2026 | 15:02
Updated At-14 Jul, 2026 | 18:38
Rejected At-
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)
User thread can re-initialize an in-use `k_pipe`, corrupting kernel wait queues (`CONFIG_USERSPACE`)

In Zephyr's kernel pipe implementation, the userspace syscall verifier z_vrfy_k_pipe_init() in kernel/pipe.c used K_SYSCALL_OBJ() (which requires the kernel object to already be initialized) instead of K_SYSCALL_OBJ_NEVER_INIT() (which rejects an already-initialized object). As a result, on CONFIG_USERSPACE builds an unprivileged user thread that has been granted access to a k_pipe object can invoke the k_pipe_init syscall to re-initialize a pipe that is already in use. z_impl_k_pipe_init() unconditionally resets the ring buffer, sets pipe->waiting to 0, and re-initializes both wait queues (z_waitq_init on pipe->data and pipe->space) without waking or accounting for threads currently blocked on the pipe. Any thread already pended in k_pipe_read()/k_pipe_write() is left orphaned: still marked pending with pended_on pointing at the cleared wait queue and with stale qnode_dlist links into the (now re-initialized) embedded list head. When such an orphaned waiter is later timed out or woken, the scheduler calls sys_dlist_remove() on its stale node, writing through dangling prev/next pointers into kernel wait-queue/scheduler structures, causing list corruption (an attacker-driven invalid kernel write), lost wakeups, indefinitely blocked threads, and silent data loss. The flaw lets a deprivileged user thread corrupt the state of a kernel object shared with other threads/partitions. The fix switches the verifier to K_SYSCALL_OBJ_NEVER_INIT(), matching the existing k_msgq_init verifier, so a user thread can no longer re-initialize a live pipe. The vulnerable code shipped in v4.1.0 and remained through v4.4.0.

Affected Products
Vendor
Zephyr Projectzephyrproject
Product
zephyr
Collection URL
https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr
Package Name
zephyr
Program Files
  • kernel/pipe.c
Default Status
unaffected
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Affected
  • From 4.1.0 before 4.5.0 (semver)
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TypeCWE IDDescription
CWECWE-825memory-safety
Type: CWE
CWE ID: CWE-825
Description: memory-safety
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3.17.1HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Version: 3.1
Base score: 7.1
Base severity: HIGH
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/4424aa681e0b80e9cbd0ae27a987d582be88cb74
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https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-p8w8-3x99-mg8f
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Hyperlink: https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/4424aa681e0b80e9cbd0ae27a987d582be88cb74
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patch
Hyperlink: https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-p8w8-3x99-mg8f
Resource: N/A
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