CVE-2026-43500
rxrpc: Also unshare DATA/RESPONSE packets when paged frags are present
- Published
- May 11, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 1, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- Linux
- Evidence observed
- May 27, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.8%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Also unshare DATA/RESPONSE packets when paged frags are present The DATA-packet handler in rxrpc_input_call_event() and the RESPONSE handler in rxrpc_verify_response() copy the skb to a linear one before calling into the security ops only when skb_cloned() is true. An skb that is not cloned but still carries externally-owned paged fragments (e.g. SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG set by splice() into a UDP socket via __ip_append_data, or a chained skb_has_frag_list()) falls through to the in-place decryption path, which binds the frag pages directly into the AEAD/skcipher SGL via skb_to_sgvec(). Extend the gate to also unshare when skb_has_frag_list() or skb_has_shared_frag() is true. This catches the splice-loopback vector and other externally-shared frag sources while preserving the zero-copy fast path for skbs whose frags are kernel-private (e.g. NIC page_pool RX, GRO). The OOM/trace handling already in place is reused.
Sources
23- DirtyFragExploit
Add go CVE-2026-43284 / CVE-2026-43500 (dirtyfrag) local privilege escalation exploit
- CVE-2026-43284Exploit
Linux kernel privilege escalation exploit chaining two page-cache write vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-43284, CVE-2026-43500) for deterministic root access on major distributions.
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