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net: skbuff: preserve shared-frag marker during coalescing

CVE-2026-46300

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: skbuff: preserve shared-frag marker during coalescing skb_try_coalesce() can attach paged frags from @from to @to. If @from has SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG set, the resulting @to skb can contain the same externally-owned or page-cache-backed frags, but the shared-frag marker is currently lost. That breaks the invariant relied on by later in-place writers. In particular, ESP input checks skb_has_shared_frag() before deciding whether an uncloned nonlinear skb can skip skb_cow_data(). If TCP receive coalescing has moved shared frags into an unmarked skb, ESP can see skb_has_shared_frag() as false and decrypt in place over page-cache backed frags. Propagate SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG when skb_try_coalesce() transfers paged frags. The tailroom copy path does not need the marker because it copies bytes into @to's linear data rather than transferring frag descriptors.

CISA KEV SSVC: Active Exploitation
CVSS Base Score
7.8
HIGH
Exploitability:1.9
Impact Score:5.9
EPSS Probability:10.19%
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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-123 ↗Write-what-where Condition
CWE-456 ↗CWE-456 Missing Initialization of a Variable

Affected Products & Versions

Vendor Product Affected Versions
Linux Linux cef401de7be8c4e155c6746bfccf721a4fa5fab9 < 3599e6b3cc1ada96883d496a50a210d3afbb6987 (affected), cef401de7be8c4e155c6746bfccf721a4fa5fab9 < 2f2b16022a2e10ca7bccfb98db5ed2ec0f72641c (affected), cef401de7be8c4e155c6746bfccf721a4fa5fab9 < 9d3e5fd19fe1063bf607219e8562fbd567b8e8d5 (affected), cef401de7be8c4e155c6746bfccf721a4fa5fab9 < 78bf6b6bb19541d19fbda6242e7cfe2c682763c0 (affected), cef401de7be8c4e155c6746bfccf721a4fa5fab9 < 760e1addc27ba1a7beb4a0a7e8b3e9ec49e7a34e (affected), cef401de7be8c4e155c6746bfccf721a4fa5fab9 < 3bd9e113d50034db99d7ef69fd8e5242d15e414a (affected), cef401de7be8c4e155c6746bfccf721a4fa5fab9 < 3884358a9286b17f389a72b1426fc4547c23c111 (affected), cef401de7be8c4e155c6746bfccf721a4fa5fab9 < f84eca5817390257cef78013d0112481c503b4a3 (affected)
Linux Linux 3.9 (affected), 0 < 3.9 (unaffected), 5.10.257 <= 5.10.* (unaffected), 5.15.208 <= 5.15.* (unaffected), 6.1.174 <= 6.1.* (unaffected), 6.6.141 <= 6.6.* (unaffected), 6.12.91 <= 6.12.* (unaffected), 6.18.33 <= 6.18.* (unaffected), 7.0.10 <= 7.0.* (unaffected), 7.1 <= * (unaffected)

References & Technical Advisories

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Threat Intelligence Signals

CISA KEV
ACTIVE IN CATALOG
EPSS Score
10.192%

Identity & Timeline

StatusPUBLISHED
Assigning Authoritykernel.org · Vendor · USA
Reserved2026-05-13T15:03:33
Published2026-05-23T11:44:02
Last Updated2026-10-28T19:59:23

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