{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-43503","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-05-01T14:12:56.014Z","datePublished":"2026-05-23T11:44:01.103Z","dateUpdated":"2026-06-14T17:45:49.109Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-06-14T17:45:49.109Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: skbuff: propagate shared-frag marker through frag-transfer helpers\n\nTwo frag-transfer helpers (__pskb_copy_fclone() and skb_shift()) fail\nto propagate the SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG bit in skb_shinfo()->flags when\nmoving frags from source to destination.  __pskb_copy_fclone() defers\nthe rest of the shinfo metadata to skb_copy_header() after copying\nfrag descriptors, but that helper only carries over gso_{size,segs,\ntype} and never touches skb_shinfo()->flags; skb_shift() moves frag\ndescriptors directly and leaves flags untouched.  As a result, the\ndestination skb keeps a reference to the same externally-owned or\npage-cache-backed pages while reporting skb_has_shared_frag() as\nfalse.\n\nThe mismatch is harmful in any in-place writer that uses\nskb_has_shared_frag() to decide whether shared pages must be detoured\nthrough skb_cow_data().  ESP input is one such writer (esp4.c,\nesp6.c), and a single nft 'dup to <local>' rule -- or any other\nnf_dup_ipv4() / xt_TEE caller -- is enough to land a pskb_copy()'d\nskb in esp_input() with the marker stripped, letting an unprivileged\nuser write into the page cache of a root-owned read-only file via\nauthencesn-ESN stray writes.\n\nSet SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG on the destination whenever frag descriptors\nwere actually moved from the source.  skb_copy() and skb_copy_expand()\nshare skb_copy_header() too but linearize all paged data into freshly\nallocated head storage and emerge with nr_frags == 0, so\nskb_has_shared_frag() returns false on its own; they need no change.\n\nThe same omission exists in skb_gro_receive() and skb_gro_receive_list().\nThe former moves the incoming skb's frag descriptors into the\naccumulator's last sub-skb via two paths (a direct frag-move loop and\nthe head_frag + memcpy path); the latter chains the incoming skb whole\nonto p's frag_list.  Downstream skb_segment() reads only\nskb_shinfo(p)->flags, and skb_segment_list() reuses each sub-skb's\nshinfo as the nskb -- both p and lp must carry the marker.\n\nThe same omission also exists in tcp_clone_payload(), which builds an\nMTU probe skb by moving frag descriptors from skbs on sk_write_queue\ninto a freshly allocated nskb.  The helper falls into the same family\nand warrants the same fix for consistency; no TCP TX-side in-place\nwriter is currently known to reach a user page through this gap, but\na future consumer depending on the marker would regress silently.\n\nThe same omission exists in skb_segment(): the per-iteration flag\nmerge takes only head_skb's flag, and the inner switch that rebinds\nfrag_skb to list_skb on head_skb-frags exhaustion does not fold the\nnew frag_skb's flag into nskb.  Fold frag_skb's flag at both sites\nso segments drawing frags from frag_list members carry the marker."}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":8.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"}}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/core/gro.c","net/core/skbuff.c","net/ipv4/tcp_output.c"],"versions":[{"version":"cef401de7be8c4e155c6746bfccf721a4fa5fab9","lessThan":"fbeab9555564a1b98e8582cd106dfe46c4606991","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"cef401de7be8c4e155c6746bfccf721a4fa5fab9","lessThan":"179f1852bdedc300e373e807cc102cd81feff196","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"cef401de7be8c4e155c6746bfccf721a4fa5fab9","lessThan":"12401fcfb01f53ccc63ab0a3246570fe8f3105ee","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"cef401de7be8c4e155c6746bfccf721a4fa5fab9","lessThan":"989214c66884d70716d83dc1d0bf5e16287bf349","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"cef401de7be8c4e155c6746bfccf721a4fa5fab9","lessThan":"fc6eb39c55e97df2f94ad974b8a5bbcd019da2c8","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"cef401de7be8c4e155c6746bfccf721a4fa5fab9","lessThan":"ff375cc75f9167168db38e0464a482d5fbc8d81d","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"cef401de7be8c4e155c6746bfccf721a4fa5fab9","lessThan":"9bc9d6d6967a2239aa57af2aa53554eddd640d20","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"cef401de7be8c4e155c6746bfccf721a4fa5fab9","lessThan":"48f6a5356a33dd78e7144ae1faef95ffc990aae0","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/core/gro.c","net/core/skbuff.c","net/ipv4/tcp_output.c"],"versions":[{"version":"3.9","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"3.9","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.257","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.208","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.174","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.141","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.91","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.33","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.0.10","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.9","versionEndExcluding":"5.10.257"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.9","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.208"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.9","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.174"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.9","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.141"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.9","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.91"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.9","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.33"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.9","versionEndExcluding":"7.0.10"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.9","versionEndExcluding":"7.1"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbeab9555564a1b98e8582cd106dfe46c4606991"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/179f1852bdedc300e373e807cc102cd81feff196"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12401fcfb01f53ccc63ab0a3246570fe8f3105ee"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/989214c66884d70716d83dc1d0bf5e16287bf349"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc6eb39c55e97df2f94ad974b8a5bbcd019da2c8"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff375cc75f9167168db38e0464a482d5fbc8d81d"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bc9d6d6967a2239aa57af2aa53554eddd640d20"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48f6a5356a33dd78e7144ae1faef95ffc990aae0"}],"title":"net: skbuff: propagate shared-frag marker through frag-transfer helpers","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}