FKIE_CVE-2026-99059

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-10-23 13:17 - Updated: 2026-10-24 14:16
Severity
7.7 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wireguard: noise: reject response consumption after intermediate initiation Two threads begin processing the identical response message, received twice. The first thread, A, runs. While it's running, the second one, B, gets partway through, and during that slow calculation, or even while blocking on down_write(), A completes and then also a handshake initiation that's already been queued up runs in thread C, which itself takes that same down_write(). The handshake initiation creation succeeds, and sets the state back to waiting-for-response, and calls up_write(), at which point thread B resumes, because either its finished its calculations or was finally allowed to acquire down_write(). Thread B then copies the state back to the peer, and begins a new session, using that state, which is the same session as the one made in thread A. Thread A Thread B Thread C down_read() sA = handshake->state memcpy(cA, handshake->crypto) up_read() if (sA != 1) goto fail slow_crypto(cA) down_read() sB = handshake->state memcpy(cB, handshake->crypto) up_read() if (sB != 1) goto fail slow_crypto(cB) down_write() if (sA != handshake->state) goto fail memcpy(handshake->crypto, cA) handshake->state = 2 up_write() down_write() if (handshake->state != 2) goto fail derive_session(handshake->crypto) up_write() down_write() slow_crypto(handshake->crypto) handshake->state = 1 up_write() down_write() if (sB != handshake->state) goto fail memcpy(handshake->crypto, cB) handshake->state = 2 up_write() down_write() if (handshake->state != 2) goto fail derive_session(handshake->crypto) up_write() This seems basically impossible to hit in a meaningful way in practice, but ensure that it absolutely cannot happen by comparing the ephemeral private key that's on the stack with the latest one that the peer's handshake state has.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bec3d32c2a3afd164fc87f95457df2cf9049c20
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d64a3d6e96aa78619c9c29ffde309794974588a
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c76a80db593096edf2b3b3972f58b6342a8c6c04
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0305f8d90029556260c6824b61c493c424eba9e
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb5ce4c7790c3eeec820302d08d70ecf46af4295
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "product": "Linux",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/net/wireguard/noise.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "fb5ce4c7790c3eeec820302d08d70ecf46af4295",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "e7096c131e5161fa3b8e52a650d7719d2857adfd",
              "versionType": "git"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "c76a80db593096edf2b3b3972f58b6342a8c6c04",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "e7096c131e5161fa3b8e52a650d7719d2857adfd",
              "versionType": "git"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "4d64a3d6e96aa78619c9c29ffde309794974588a",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "e7096c131e5161fa3b8e52a650d7719d2857adfd",
              "versionType": "git"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "3bec3d32c2a3afd164fc87f95457df2cf9049c20",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "e7096c131e5161fa3b8e52a650d7719d2857adfd",
              "versionType": "git"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "d0305f8d90029556260c6824b61c493c424eba9e",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "e7096c131e5161fa3b8e52a650d7719d2857adfd",
              "versionType": "git"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "product": "Linux",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/net/wireguard/noise.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "5.6"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "5.6",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "0",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.6.160",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.12.113",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.18.57",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "7.2.11",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "7.3",
              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwireguard: noise: reject response consumption after intermediate initiation\n\nTwo threads begin processing the identical response message, received\ntwice. The first thread, A, runs. While it\u0027s running, the second one,\nB, gets partway through, and during that slow calculation, or even while\nblocking on down_write(), A completes and then also a handshake\ninitiation that\u0027s already been queued up runs in thread C, which itself\ntakes that same down_write(). The handshake initiation creation\nsucceeds, and sets the state back to waiting-for-response, and calls\nup_write(), at which point thread B resumes, because either its finished\nits calculations or was finally allowed to acquire down_write(). Thread\nB then copies the state back to the peer, and begins a new session,\nusing that state, which is the same session as the one made in thread A.\n\nThread A\t\t\tThread B\t\t\tThread C\n\ndown_read()\n sA = handshake-\u003estate\n memcpy(cA, handshake-\u003ecrypto)\nup_read()\nif (sA != 1)\n goto fail\nslow_crypto(cA)\n\t\t\t\tdown_read()\n\t\t\t\t sB = handshake-\u003estate\n\t\t\t\t memcpy(cB, handshake-\u003ecrypto)\n\t\t\t\tup_read()\n\t\t\t\tif (sB != 1)\n\t\t\t\t goto fail\n\t\t\t\tslow_crypto(cB)\ndown_write()\n if (sA != handshake-\u003estate)\n  goto fail\n memcpy(handshake-\u003ecrypto, cA)\n handshake-\u003estate = 2\nup_write()\ndown_write()\n if (handshake-\u003estate != 2)\n  goto fail\n derive_session(handshake-\u003ecrypto)\nup_write()\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdown_write()\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t slow_crypto(handshake-\u003ecrypto)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t handshake-\u003estate = 1\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tup_write()\n\t\t\t\tdown_write()\n\t\t\t\t if (sB != handshake-\u003estate)\n\t\t\t\t   goto fail\n\t\t\t\t memcpy(handshake-\u003ecrypto, cB)\n\t\t\t\t handshake-\u003estate = 2\n\t\t\t\tup_write()\n\t\t\t\tdown_write()\n\t\t\t\t if (handshake-\u003estate != 2)\n\t\t\t\t  goto fail\n\t\t\t\t derive_session(handshake-\u003ecrypto)\n\t\t\t\tup_write()\n\nThis seems basically impossible to hit in a meaningful way in practice,\nbut ensure that it absolutely cannot happen by comparing the ephemeral\nprivate key that\u0027s on the stack with the latest one that the peer\u0027s\nhandshake state has."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-99059",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-24T14:16:54.350",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "cvssData": {
          "attackComplexity": "HIGH",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "availabilityImpact": "LOW",
          "baseScore": 7.7,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L",
          "version": "3.1"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 2.2,
        "impactScore": 5.5,
        "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "type": "Secondary"
      }
    ]
  },
  "published": "2026-10-23T13:17:29.620",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bec3d32c2a3afd164fc87f95457df2cf9049c20"
    },
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d64a3d6e96aa78619c9c29ffde309794974588a"
    },
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c76a80db593096edf2b3b3972f58b6342a8c6c04"
    },
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0305f8d90029556260c6824b61c493c424eba9e"
    },
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb5ce4c7790c3eeec820302d08d70ecf46af4295"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Received"
}



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