CVE-2026-80847

tcp: clamp route advmss to TCP_MIN_MSS

N/A
Published: September 4, 2026 at 03:54 PM UTC
Updated: October 21, 2026 at 01:20 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: clamp route advmss to TCP_MIN_MSS tcp_select_initial_window() assumes that callers never pass an MSS smaller than 1, but route-derived advmss values can violate that assumption. A too-small explicit RTAX_ADVMSS is one way to get there, but it is not the only one. The same divide-by-zero can also be reached through the "default advmss" path when RTAX_ADVMSS is left at 0 and the effective advmss is later driven down by route MTU and min_adv_mss. Introduce a tcp_dst_advmss() helper that clamps route advmss to TCP_MIN_MSS before TCP consumes it, and use it in the TCP paths that derive advmss from dst metrics. This keeps the effective MSS from dropping to zero before tcp_select_initial_window() rounds the receive window.

Affected

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

Vendor states this is fixed in 31cf2349361902769dc323e4dbf4b449795ec288 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6b8c20bf61924dfc38fefb145c9f7406d73fae53 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 870a9e42ecc6fe1b8c25d87af043cb0d9c178fe1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cfb44c6028e6f979720315e0772bbd0d4d33ed61 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in eaf4af9bd6975c2eff8d48820937c83032d968dc (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.111 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.51 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.160 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

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