In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: Check for underflow in xfrm_state_mtu Leo Lin reported OOB write issue in esp component: xfrm_state_mtu() returns u32 but performs its arithmetic in unsigned modulo-2^32 space using an attacker-influenced "header_len + authsize + net_adj" subtracted from a small "mtu" argument. A nobody user can install an IPv4 ESP tunnel SA with a large authentication key (XFRMA_ALG_AUTH_TRUNC, e.g. hmac(sha512), 64-byte key, 64-byte trunc), configure a small interface MTU (68 bytes), and set XFRMA_TFCPAD to a large value. When a single UDP datagram is then sent through the tunnel, xfrm_state_mtu() underflows to a near-2^32 value, and esp_output() consumes it as a signed int via: padto = min(x->tfcpad, xfrm_state_mtu(x, mtu_cached)) esp.tfclen = padto - skb->len (assigned to int) esp.tfclen ends up negative (e.g. -207). It is sign-extended to size_t when passed to memset() inside esp_output_fill_trailer(), producing a ~16 EB write of zeroes at skb_tail_pointer(skb). KASAN logs it as "Write of size 18446744073709551537 at addr ffff888...". Check for underflow and return 1. This causes the sendmsg attempt to fail with ENETUNREACH.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1021d2877b689a648b27815c854557a917122e93 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a41b1b31c61c52b972278ce1732a1443f5e89ed Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3db50ceeacb52806d8fe86fb1dfe944df0b9f789 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/742b04d0550b0ec89dcbc99537ec88653bd1ad90 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8014f70c4e6e5ab101ae3860a614e65e988372e3 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/820e501be8aee4b365d218d83227b314309c5fda Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82ac903e0b519849647657b8c48d21237ada06a2 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fccd685b32df5aaf6bad4381eeda216468e283f0 Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 3
- CwesCWE-787 → CWE-787, CWE-191NVD modified 2026-10-19 21:17
- StatusAnalyzed → ModifiedNVD modified 2026-10-19 21:17
- First seenCVSS 7.8 · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-13 13:59
Affected (CPE criteria) 6
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1021d2877b689a648b27815c854557a917122e93 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a41b1b31c61c52b972278ce1732a1443f5e89ed Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3db50ceeacb52806d8fe86fb1dfe944df0b9f789 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/742b04d0550b0ec89dcbc99537ec88653bd1ad90 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8014f70c4e6e5ab101ae3860a614e65e988372e3 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/820e501be8aee4b365d218d83227b314309c5fda Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82ac903e0b519849647657b8c48d21237ada06a2 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fccd685b32df5aaf6bad4381eeda216468e283f0 Patch