7.8
/ 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xfrm: esp: avoid in-place decrypt on shared skb frags
MSG_SPLICE_PAGES can attach pages from a pipe directly to an skb. TCP
marks such skbs with SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG after skb_splice_from_iter(),
so later paths that may modify packet data can first make a private
copy. The IPv4/IPv6 datagram append paths did not set this flag when
splicing pages into UDP skbs.
That leaves an ESP-in-UDP packet made from shared pipe pages looking
like an ordinary uncloned nonlinear skb. ESP input then takes the no-COW
fast path for uncloned skbs without a frag_list and decrypts in place
over data that is not owned privately by the skb.
Mark IPv4/IPv6 datagram splice frags with SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG, matching
TCP. Also make ESP input fall back to skb_cow_data() when the flag is
present, so ESP does not decrypt externally backed frags in place.
Private nonlinear skb frags still use the existing fast path.
This intentionally does not change ESP output. In esp_output_head(),
the path that appends the ESP trailer to existing skb tailroom without
calling skb_cow_data() is not reachable for nonlinear skbs:
skb_tailroom() returns zero when skb->data_len is nonzero, while ESP
tailen is positive. Thus ESP output will either use the separate
destination-frag path or fall back to skb_cow_data().
xfrm: esp: avoid in-place decrypt on shared skb frags
MSG_SPLICE_PAGES can attach pages from a pipe directly to an skb. TCP
marks such skbs with SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG after skb_splice_from_iter(),
so later paths that may modify packet data can first make a private
copy. The IPv4/IPv6 datagram append paths did not set this flag when
splicing pages into UDP skbs.
That leaves an ESP-in-UDP packet made from shared pipe pages looking
like an ordinary uncloned nonlinear skb. ESP input then takes the no-COW
fast path for uncloned skbs without a frag_list and decrypts in place
over data that is not owned privately by the skb.
Mark IPv4/IPv6 datagram splice frags with SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG, matching
TCP. Also make ESP input fall back to skb_cow_data() when the flag is
present, so ESP does not decrypt externally backed frags in place.
Private nonlinear skb frags still use the existing fast path.
This intentionally does not change ESP output. In esp_output_head(),
the path that appends the ESP trailer to existing skb tailroom without
calling skb_cow_data() is not reachable for nonlinear skbs:
skb_tailroom() returns zero when skb->data_len is nonzero, while ESP
tailen is positive. Thus ESP output will either use the separate
destination-frag path or fall back to skb_cow_data().
Basic Information
ID
CVE-2026-43284
Source
Linux
Published
May 8, 2026 at 07:21
Modified
May 8, 2026 at 13:52
Affected Product
Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Version
cac2661c53f35cbe651bef9b07026a5a05ab8ce0
Affected Versions
Linux Linux cac2661c53f35cbe651bef9b07026a5a05ab8ce0
Linux Linux cac2661c53f35cbe651bef9b07026a5a05ab8ce0
Linux Linux cac2661c53f35cbe651bef9b07026a5a05ab8ce0
Linux Linux cac2661c53f35cbe651bef9b07026a5a05ab8ce0
Linux Linux cac2661c53f35cbe651bef9b07026a5a05ab8ce0
Linux Linux cac2661c53f35cbe651bef9b07026a5a05ab8ce0
Linux Linux cac2661c53f35cbe651bef9b07026a5a05ab8ce0
Linux Linux 4.11
Linux Linux cac2661c53f35cbe651bef9b07026a5a05ab8ce0
Linux Linux cac2661c53f35cbe651bef9b07026a5a05ab8ce0
Linux Linux cac2661c53f35cbe651bef9b07026a5a05ab8ce0
Linux Linux cac2661c53f35cbe651bef9b07026a5a05ab8ce0
Linux Linux cac2661c53f35cbe651bef9b07026a5a05ab8ce0
Linux Linux cac2661c53f35cbe651bef9b07026a5a05ab8ce0
Linux Linux 4.11
CWE Classification
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/a6cb440f274a22456ef3e86b457344f1678f38f9
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/ab8b995323e5237041472d07e5055f5f7dcdf15b
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/5d55c7336f8032d434adcc5fab987ccc93a44aec
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/50ed1e7873100f77abad20fd31c51029bc49cd03
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/b54edf1e9a3fd3491bdcb82a21f8d21315271e0d
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/71a1d9d985d26716f74d21f18ee8cac821b06e97
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/52646cbd00e765a6db9c3afe9535f26218276034