CVE-2026-68143

net: slip: serialize receive against buffer reallocation

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 10, 2026 at 11:59 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: slip: serialize receive against buffer reallocation sl_realloc_bufs() replaces rbuff and updates buffsize while holding sl->lock. slip_receive_buf() reads those fields and writes through rbuff without holding the lock. An MTU change can therefore race with receive processing. An MTU shrink can expose the new smaller rbuff with the old larger bound, causing an out-of-bounds write. A receive callback which already loaded the old rbuff can instead continue writing after that buffer has been freed. Serialize receive processing with sl_realloc_bufs() by holding sl->lock while consuming each receive batch.

Affected

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

Vendor states this is fixed in 0e37bbd6d617eb52bace49390e99eaedc1af73ce (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 189a550eb7e1dc10018718ddfc46d003ffe58653 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1be09d175b627fad7f6bec7ad27b8a4a99863912 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 44401f7dd9940ced7098930ef64f5a332f279fc2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5d07b178bef511d69558cfc89fe1129258dc39f8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8180daf2b66155f84ec4f9e3f95488c8a3421716 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in eb3836eab47487823f362e6985e170a1e15f20fd (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ee7f9bb9320add61f7b367d7e6cd55e3a3a4d65d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.265 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.216 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.183 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.101 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.42 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.148 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusRECEIVED
CWE
CWE-362

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