CVE-2026-63925

macsec: fix replay protection at XPN lower-PN wrap

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: July 19, 2026 at 02:55 PM UTC
Updated: October 27, 2026 at 01:00 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: macsec: fix replay protection at XPN lower-PN wrap In macsec_post_decrypt(), when pn is U32_MAX, pn + 1 overflows u32 to 0 and the first branch never fires. If next_pn_halves.lower is also in the upper half, pn_same_half(pn, lower) is true and the XPN else-if does not fire either, leaving next_pn_halves unchanged. An attacker that captures the legitimate frame carrying pn == 0xFFFFFFFF on an XPN association can then replay it indefinitely, since lowest_pn never rises above the captured pn and macsec_decrypt() reconstructs the same IV. Extend the XPN else-if to also fire when pn + 1 wraps to 0, so receipt of pn == U32_MAX advances next_pn_halves to (upper + 1, 0).

Affected

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

5.11 ≤ v < 5.15.2105.16 ≤ v < 6.1.1765.7 ≤ v < 5.10.2596.13 ≤ v < 6.18.356.19 ≤ v < 7.0.126.2 ≤ v < 6.6.1436.7 ≤ v < 6.12.935.77.1a21ecf0e033807b976967286e6c392f48ee2049f
Vendor states this is fixed in 23c0e230eab397d7f68be2538790ac41d3bb91fd (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 679e13a65e68a67c8b3c0467c02ee89157ec6f0f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6d00f5c7e5ff7ec4795b7f5f8ed88bd346641652 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 79495a1b0944fe31ffd54b54b00211b493590d62 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d15130461df388136b62a7b0ce9f66e7e2fa9ff1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d55acbe577db892b60547b6ef1c020b359331a6d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in dd7306779c6ce1238f4cdc34f3c1f2246b854457 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e68842b3356471ba56c882209f324613dac47f64 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.259 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.210 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.176 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.93 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.35 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.143 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

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CVSS

8.1HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-190

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