9.8
/ 10
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rxrpc: Fix the ACK parser to extract the SACK table for parsing
Fix modification of the received skbuff in rxrpc_input_soft_acks() and a
potential incorrect access of the buffer in a fragmented UDP packet (the
packet would probably have to be deliberately pre-generated as fragmented)
when AF_RXRPC tries to extract the contents of the SACK table by copying
out the contents of the SACK table into a buffer before attempting to parse
AF_RXRPC assumes that it can just call skb_condense() and then validly
access the SACK table from skb->data and that it will be a flat buffer -
but skb_condense() can silently fail to do anything under some
circumstances.
Note that whilst rxrpc_input_soft_acks() should be able to parse extended
ACKs, the rest of AF_RXRPC doesn't currently support that.
Further, there's then no need to call skb_condense() in rxrpc_input_ack(),
so don't.
rxrpc: Fix the ACK parser to extract the SACK table for parsing
Fix modification of the received skbuff in rxrpc_input_soft_acks() and a
potential incorrect access of the buffer in a fragmented UDP packet (the
packet would probably have to be deliberately pre-generated as fragmented)
when AF_RXRPC tries to extract the contents of the SACK table by copying
out the contents of the SACK table into a buffer before attempting to parse
AF_RXRPC assumes that it can just call skb_condense() and then validly
access the SACK table from skb->data and that it will be a flat buffer -
but skb_condense() can silently fail to do anything under some
circumstances.
Note that whilst rxrpc_input_soft_acks() should be able to parse extended
ACKs, the rest of AF_RXRPC doesn't currently support that.
Further, there's then no need to call skb_condense() in rxrpc_input_ack(),
so don't.
AI Analysis
A vulnerability in the Linux kernel's rxrpc module allows for potential incorrect access of the buffer in a fragmented UDP packet, leading to a denial of service or code execution.
Basic Information
ID
CVE-2026-53151
Source
Linux
Published
Jun 25, 2026 at 08:38
Modified
Jun 28, 2026 at 06:39
Affected Product
Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Version
d57a3a151660902091491ac2633134e1be92557f
Affected Versions
Linux Linux d57a3a151660902091491ac2633134e1be92557f
Linux Linux d57a3a151660902091491ac2633134e1be92557f
Linux Linux d57a3a151660902091491ac2633134e1be92557f
Linux Linux 6.2
Linux Linux d57a3a151660902091491ac2633134e1be92557f
Linux Linux d57a3a151660902091491ac2633134e1be92557f
Linux Linux 6.2
AI Assessment
AI Score
9.8 / 10
AI Severity
Critical
Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux Kernel
Version
6.2, d57a3a151660902091491ac2633134e1be92557f