GHSA-8P2W-G92W-F4X3
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-11 09:30 – Updated: 2026-05-14 15:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rxrpc: Also unshare DATA/RESPONSE packets when paged frags are present
The DATA-packet handler in rxrpc_input_call_event() and the RESPONSE handler in rxrpc_verify_response() copy the skb to a linear one before calling into the security ops only when skb_cloned() is true. An skb that is not cloned but still carries externally-owned paged fragments (e.g. SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG set by splice() into a UDP socket via __ip_append_data, or a chained skb_has_frag_list()) falls through to the in-place decryption path, which binds the frag pages directly into the AEAD/skcipher SGL via skb_to_sgvec().
Extend the gate to also unshare when skb_has_frag_list() or skb_has_shared_frag() is true. This catches the splice-loopback vector and other externally-shared frag sources while preserving the zero-copy fast path for skbs whose frags are kernel-private (e.g. NIC page_pool RX, GRO). The OOM/trace handling already in place is reused.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-43500"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-787"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-05-11T08:16:16Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nrxrpc: Also unshare DATA/RESPONSE packets when paged frags are present\n\nThe DATA-packet handler in rxrpc_input_call_event() and the RESPONSE\nhandler in rxrpc_verify_response() copy the skb to a linear one before\ncalling into the security ops only when skb_cloned() is true. An skb\nthat is not cloned but still carries externally-owned paged fragments\n(e.g. SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG set by splice() into a UDP socket via\n__ip_append_data, or a chained skb_has_frag_list()) falls through to\nthe in-place decryption path, which binds the frag pages directly into\nthe AEAD/skcipher SGL via skb_to_sgvec().\n\nExtend the gate to also unshare when skb_has_frag_list() or\nskb_has_shared_frag() is true. This catches the splice-loopback vector\nand other externally-shared frag sources while preserving the\nzero-copy fast path for skbs whose frags are kernel-private (e.g. NIC\npage_pool RX, GRO). The OOM/trace handling already in place is reused.",
"id": "GHSA-8p2w-g92w-f4x3",
"modified": "2026-05-14T15:31:52Z",
"published": "2026-05-11T09:30:32Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43500"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3711382a77342a9a1c3d2e7330dcfc7ea927f568"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3eae0f4f9f7206a4801efa5e0235c25bbd5a412c"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa54b1d27fe0c2b78e664a34fd0fdf7cd1960d71"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d45179f8795222ce858770dc619abe51f9d24411"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/V4bel/dirtyfrag"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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