{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-68297","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-07-30T09:28:09.380Z","datePublished":"2026-08-10T12:02:30.721Z","dateUpdated":"2026-08-19T16:32:46.091Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-08-19T16:32:46.091Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntipc: fix u16 MTU truncation in media and bearer MTU validation\n\nBoth TIPC_NL_MEDIA_SET and TIPC_NL_BEARER_SET accept user-supplied\nMTU values but only enforce a minimum bound, not a maximum. When a user\nsets the MTU to a value exceeding U16_MAX (65535), it passes validation\nbut is silently truncated when assigned to u16 fields l->mtu and\nl->advertised_mtu in tipc_link_create(). Values like 65536 (0x10000)\ntruncate to 0, causing a division by zero in tipc_link_set_queue_limits()\nwhich computes TIPC_MAX_PUBL / (l->mtu / ITEM_SIZE). Other overflowing\nvalues (e.g. 65537-131071) produce small incorrect MTU values, resulting\nin link malfunction behaviors.\n\nCrash stack (triggered as unprivileged user via user namespace):\n\n  tipc_link_set_queue_limits  net/tipc/link.c:2531\n  tipc_link_create            net/tipc/link.c:520\n  tipc_node_check_dest        net/tipc/node.c:1279\n  tipc_disc_rcv               net/tipc/discover.c:252\n  tipc_rcv                    net/tipc/node.c:2129\n  tipc_udp_recv               net/tipc/udp_media.c:392\n\nTwo independent paths lack the upper bound check:\n1. tipc_udp_mtu_bad() -- called from __tipc_nl_media_set() (MEDIA_SET)\n2. inline check in __tipc_nl_bearer_set() at bearer.c:1160 (BEARER_SET)\n\nFix both by rejecting MTU values above U16_MAX."}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"scenarios":[{"lang":"en","value":"AV:L - The attack begins with a local TIPC netlink command (TIPC_NL_BEARER_SET/TIPC_NL_MEDIA_SET) setting an out-of-range MTU, with the crash/corruption then triggered by locally generated discovery traffic and sendmsg() in the attacker's own network namespace.\nAC:L - The attacker fully controls both the bad MTU value and the discovery packet that creates the link, so the truncation and subsequent divide-by-zero or undersized-fragment path trigger deterministically on every attempt.\nPR:L - Both netlink ops are gated by GENL_UNS_ADMIN_PERM, i.e. CAP_NET_ADMIN in the owning user namespace, which any unprivileged user obtains via `unshare -Urn`; the commit message explicitly reports the crash reproduced as an unprivileged user through a user namespace.\nUI:N - The attacker performs every step (bearer setup, MTU configuration, packet injection, sendmsg) with no action from any other user or administrator.\nS:U - The truncated MTU corrupts only kernel state within the same kernel security authority; no VM, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary is crossed.\nC:H - Truncated MTUs below the TIPC header size propagate into tipc_msg_build() as pktmax, driving negative fragment remainders and oversized copies into undersized skbs; the resulting heap corruption and adjacent-object exposure can be leveraged to read kernel memory.\nI:H - The undersized-fragment path writes INT_H_SIZE plus header bytes and then a negative-length (huge unsigned) user copy into a buffer allocated at the truncated MTU size, giving an attacker-controlled linear heap overflow suitable for control-flow hijacking.\nA:H - MTU values truncating to under 20 make tipc_link_set_queue_limits() divide by zero inside tipc_link_create(), which runs in softirq context from tipc_udp_recv()/tipc_disc_rcv(), producing a kernel oops that is typically fatal in interrupt context."}]}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/tipc/netlink.c"],"versions":[{"version":"901271e0403af638c224987c2a4e55cebade7e91","lessThan":"8bfdfe0dbb36a650b7c4dec1aeae078319938a0b","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"901271e0403af638c224987c2a4e55cebade7e91","lessThan":"dc4b577a083b361d25e118dc96d8281255ebe22c","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"901271e0403af638c224987c2a4e55cebade7e91","lessThan":"dfdfd987f1917c84766e097a6120a1f3f1634940","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"901271e0403af638c224987c2a4e55cebade7e91","lessThan":"f02334a9e378f7e07232b26dc3d2ab353339f040","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"901271e0403af638c224987c2a4e55cebade7e91","lessThan":"f4013598b69457dbea350df52e52daea6faef8eb","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"901271e0403af638c224987c2a4e55cebade7e91","lessThan":"1b8fb5a20508bfb0db854e01214888c761b3a911","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"901271e0403af638c224987c2a4e55cebade7e91","lessThan":"c1cda72f6acec02ebd45d913bf8527ff77336ba6","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"901271e0403af638c224987c2a4e55cebade7e91","lessThan":"9f29cd8a8e7901a2617c8064ce9f50fc67b97cb8","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/tipc/netlink.c"],"versions":[{"version":"4.18","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"4.18","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.265","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.216","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.183","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.148","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.101","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.42","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1.6","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2","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":"4.18","versionEndExcluding":"5.10.265"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.18","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.216"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.18","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.183"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.18","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.148"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.18","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.101"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.18","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.42"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.18","versionEndExcluding":"7.1.6"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.18","versionEndExcluding":"7.2"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bfdfe0dbb36a650b7c4dec1aeae078319938a0b"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc4b577a083b361d25e118dc96d8281255ebe22c"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfdfd987f1917c84766e097a6120a1f3f1634940"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f02334a9e378f7e07232b26dc3d2ab353339f040"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4013598b69457dbea350df52e52daea6faef8eb"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b8fb5a20508bfb0db854e01214888c761b3a911"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1cda72f6acec02ebd45d913bf8527ff77336ba6"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f29cd8a8e7901a2617c8064ce9f50fc67b97cb8"}],"title":"tipc: fix u16 MTU truncation in media and bearer MTU validation","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}