{"cve":"CVE-2026-64450","nvd":{"published":"2026-07-25T10:17:29.850","modified":"2026-10-19T21:17:39.673","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntipc: fix out-of-bounds read in broadcast Gap ACK blocks\n\nA broadcast PROTOCOL/STATE_MSG can carry a Gap ACK blocks record in its\ndata area. tipc_get_gap_ack_blks() only verifies that the record's len\nfield is self-consistent with its ugack_cnt/bgack_cnt counts\n(sz == struct_size(p, gacks, ugack_cnt + bgack_cnt)); it does not check\nthat the record actually fits in the message data area, msg_data_sz().\n\nThe unicast caller tipc_link_proto_rcv() bounds it (\"if (glen > dlen)\nbreak;\"), but the broadcast caller tipc_bcast_sync_rcv() discards the\nreturned size, so tipc_link_advance_transmq() copies the record off the\nreceive skb with an attacker-controlled count:\n\n\tthis_ga = kmemdup(ga, struct_size(ga, gacks, ga->bgack_cnt),\n\t\t\t  GFP_ATOMIC);\n\nA TIPC neighbour that negotiated TIPC_GAP_ACK_BLOCK triggers it with one\nordinary broadcast STATE_MSG (msg_bc_ack_invalid() clear), sized so its\ndata area is short, carrying a Gap ACK record with len = 0x400,\nbgack_cnt = 0xff and ugack_cnt = 0. len then equals\nstruct_size(p, gacks, 255), so the consistency check passes and ga is\nnon-NULL; kmemdup() reads struct_size(ga, gacks, 255) = 1024 bytes out\nof the much smaller skb:\n\n  BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in kmemdup_noprof+0x48/0x60\n  Read of size 1024 at addr ffff0000c7030d38 by task poc864/69\n  Call trace:\n   kmemdup_noprof+0x48/0x60\n   tipc_link_advance_transmq+0x86c/0xb80\n   tipc_link_bc_ack_rcv+0x19c/0x1e0\n   tipc_bcast_sync_rcv+0x1c4/0x2c4\n   tipc_rcv+0x85c/0x1340\n   tipc_l2_rcv_msg+0xac/0x104\n  The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff0000c7030d00\n   which belongs to the cache skbuff_small_head of size 704\n  The buggy address is located 56 bytes inside of\n   allocated 704-byte region [ffff0000c7030d00, ffff0000c7030fc0)\n\nThe copied-out bytes are subsequently consumed as gap/ack values, but\nthe read is already out of bounds at the kmemdup() regardless of how\nthey are used.\n\nThe unicast STATE path drops such a message: \"if (glen > dlen) break;\"\nskips the rest of STATE_MSG handling and the skb is freed. Make the\nbroadcast path drop it too. tipc_bcast_sync_rcv() now bounds the record\nagainst msg_data_sz() and, when it does not fit, reports it back through\ntipc_node_bc_sync_rcv() to tipc_rcv() so the skb is discarded rather than\nprocessed. ga is not cleared on this path: ga == NULL already means\n\"legacy peer without Selective ACK\", a distinct legitimate state.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","score":9.1},"cwes":["CWE-125"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/016f5995c37a5a2c45198308f830f244517d70b7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/055663d21dc4336f67933ab26bef3c5934be6324","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b66974a1b6134a4bbc3bfed181f7418f688eb54","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2de42e268174766cb2e2b90721afdfdff70e0d8d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74b45af86a767594ba52330cd440ea84e24d700d"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:56:58.798400159+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-64450","score":0.00537,"percentile":0.44968,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}