CVE-2026-74611
tls: rx: restore msg_iter before TLS 1.3 optimistic retry
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.8 Critical
- Published
- Aug 22, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 15, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tls: rx: restore msg_iter before TLS 1.3 optimistic retry
tls_decrypt_sg() advances msg->msg_iter when it maps user pages for the optimistic TLS 1.3 zero-copy path. If the decrypted record turns out not to be unpadded application data, tls_decrypt_sw() retries into a kernel skb, but leaves the iterator advanced.
The subsequent copy from the skb then writes decrypted bytes again at a later point in the caller iovecs while recvmsg() reports only the post-retry length. A TLS peer can trigger this after the receiver enables TLS_RX_EXPECT_NO_PAD.
Revert the iterator by the number of bytes consumed by the optimistic mapping before retrying without zero-copy.
Add a selftest which sends a TLS 1.3 control record with TLS_RX_EXPECT_NO_PAD enabled and verifies that recvmsg() does not overwrite later iovecs beyond the returned length.
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
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97004f3c17371ee1b259887298711e0604666688
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c71bacacd59166adbea423a04e7474b0e8245b84
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c4e21b1bf8e666a1c141e0f5813ece929570deb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68787940274ec89f41dc91b1a68ee1a16a90735f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c837266a734e2a22b24d2d567404a501d405835
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c8629651cb54f7b51db8fc0b1a9944e4a4b0f5e
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