CVE-2026-53151
rxrpc: Fix the ACK parser to extract the SACK table for parsing
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.8 Critical
- Published
- Jun 25, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 19, 2026
- Reserved
- Jun 9, 2026
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
Weaknesses
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d1ae4e17a3ecd8561cdb4f4f70152f41039c4e1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/775c5e89272a2615b72bb84f611ba66fa3b7493e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/566c4c1244de50fbff1f89ff93c9d7b0fc256db4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/224298450be5c04d2a6ea1c2a94669d7ebf65d00
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/333b6d5bb9f87827ac2639c737bf9613dbae7253
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