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CVE-2026-64046

9.8 critical SSVC exploitation: none Modified

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: tls: prevent chain-after-chain in plain text SG Sashiko points out that if end = 0 (start != 0) the current code will create a chain link to content type right after the wrap link: This would create a chain where the wrap link points directly to another chain link. The scatterlist API sg_next iterator does not recursively resolve consecutive chain links. meaning this is illegal input to crypto. The wrapping link is unnecessary if end = 0. end is the entry after the last one used so end = 0 means there's nothing pushed after the wrap: end start i v v v [ ]...[ ][ d ][ d ][ d ][ d ][rsv for wrap] Skip the wrapping in this case. TLS 1.3 can use the "wrapping slot" for it's chaining if end = 0. This avoids the chain-after-chain. Move the wrap chaining before marking END and chaining off content type, that feels like more logical ordering to me, but should not matter from functional perspective.

Fix

Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 8

Vendor advisories in the News 1

Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.

Change history 3

  1. CwesCWE-20NVD modified 2026-10-19 21:17
  2. StatusAnalyzed → ModifiedNVD modified 2026-10-19 21:17
  3. First seenCVSS 9.8 · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-16 16:19

Affected (CPE criteria) 6

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.5:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*

References 8