CVE-2026-68297

tipc: fix u16 MTU truncation in media and bearer MTU validation

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 10, 2026 at 12:02 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 10:17 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: tipc: fix u16 MTU truncation in media and bearer MTU validation Both TIPC_NL_MEDIA_SET and TIPC_NL_BEARER_SET accept user-supplied MTU values but only enforce a minimum bound, not a maximum. When a user sets the MTU to a value exceeding U16_MAX (65535), it passes validation but is silently truncated when assigned to u16 fields l->mtu and l->advertised_mtu in tipc_link_create(). Values like 65536 (0x10000) truncate to 0, causing a division by zero in tipc_link_set_queue_limits() which computes TIPC_MAX_PUBL / (l->mtu / ITEM_SIZE). Other overflowing values (e.g. 65537-131071) produce small incorrect MTU values, resulting in link malfunction behaviors. Crash stack (triggered as unprivileged user via user namespace): tipc_link_set_queue_limits net/tipc/link.c:2531 tipc_link_create net/tipc/link.c:520 tipc_node_check_dest net/tipc/node.c:1279 tipc_disc_rcv net/tipc/discover.c:252 tipc_rcv net/tipc/node.c:2129 tipc_udp_recv net/tipc/udp_media.c:392 Two independent paths lack the upper bound check: 1. tipc_udp_mtu_bad() -- called from __tipc_nl_media_set() (MEDIA_SET) 2. inline check in __tipc_nl_bearer_set() at bearer.c:1160 (BEARER_SET) Fix both by rejecting MTU values above U16_MAX.

Affected

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

4.18901271e0403af638c224987c2a4e55cebade7e91
Vendor states this is fixed in 1b8fb5a20508bfb0db854e01214888c761b3a911 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8bfdfe0dbb36a650b7c4dec1aeae078319938a0b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9f29cd8a8e7901a2617c8064ce9f50fc67b97cb8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c1cda72f6acec02ebd45d913bf8527ff77336ba6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in dc4b577a083b361d25e118dc96d8281255ebe22c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in dfdfd987f1917c84766e097a6120a1f3f1634940 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f02334a9e378f7e07232b26dc3d2ab353339f040 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f4013598b69457dbea350df52e52daea6faef8eb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.18 (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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SSVC — Action Prioritization

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusRECEIVED
CWE
CWE-190

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