CVE-2026-43500

rxrpc: Also unshare DATA/RESPONSE packets when paged frags are present

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 11, 2026 at 06:26 AM UTC
Updated: September 1, 2026 at 12:28 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 94%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In 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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.3 ≤ v < 6.12.885.3 ≤ v < 6.18.295.3 ≤ v < 6.6.1405.3 ≤ v < 7.0.65.3 ≤ v < 7.16.19 ≤ v < 7.0.65.3 < v < 6.18.295.35.3 rc75.3 rc87.1 rc17.1 rc2d0d5c0cd1e711c98703f3544c1e6fc1372898de5
Vendor states this is fixed in 3711382a77342a9a1c3d2e7330dcfc7ea927f568 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3eae0f4f9f7206a4801efa5e0235c25bbd5a412c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7c504ffab3efce8f7e4f463b314ae31030bdf18b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in aa54b1d27fe0c2b78e664a34fd0fdf7cd1960d71 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d45179f8795222ce858770dc619abe51f9d24411 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.88 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.29 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.140 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787CWE-123

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