Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-74611

CVE-2026-74611

Linux Linux — tls: rx: restore msg_iter before TLS 1.3 optimistic retry

Description · from the CVE record

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tls: rx: restore msg_iter before TLS 1.3 optimistic retry tls_decrypt_sg() advances msg->msg_iter when it maps user pages for the optimistic TLS 1.3 zero-copy path. If the decrypted record turns out not to be unpadded application data, tls_decrypt_sw() retries into a kernel skb, but leaves the iterator advanced. The subsequent copy from the skb then writes decrypted bytes again at a later point in the caller iovecs while recvmsg() reports only the post-retry length. A TLS peer can trigger this after the receiver enables TLS_RX_EXPECT_NO_PAD. Revert the iterator by the number of bytes consumed by the optimistic mapping before retrying without zero-copy. Add a selftest which sends a TLS 1.3 control record with TLS_RX_EXPECT_NO_PAD enabled and verifies that recvmsg() does not overwrite later iovecs beyond the returned length.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
Linuxce61327ce989b63c0bd1cc7afee00e218ee696ac – < c71bacacd59166adbea423a04e7474b0e8245b84c71bacacd59166adbea423a04e7474b0e8245b84CNA
Linuxce61327ce989b63c0bd1cc7afee00e218ee696ac – < 3c4e21b1bf8e666a1c141e0f5813ece929570deb3c4e21b1bf8e666a1c141e0f5813ece929570debCNA
Linuxce61327ce989b63c0bd1cc7afee00e218ee696ac – < 68787940274ec89f41dc91b1a68ee1a16a90735f68787940274ec89f41dc91b1a68ee1a16a90735fCNA
Linuxce61327ce989b63c0bd1cc7afee00e218ee696ac – < 3c837266a734e2a22b24d2d567404a501d4058353c837266a734e2a22b24d2d567404a501d405835CNA
Linuxce61327ce989b63c0bd1cc7afee00e218ee696ac – < 1c8629651cb54f7b51db8fc0b1a9944e4a4b0f5e1c8629651cb54f7b51db8fc0b1a9944e4a4b0f5eCNA
Linux6.06.6.160CNA

Scores by source

Linux (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refgit.kernel.org/stable/c/c71bacacd59166adbea423a04e7474b0e8245b84refgit.kernel.org/stable/c/3c4e21b1bf8e666a1c141e0f5813ece929570debrefgit.kernel.org/stable/c/68787940274ec89f41dc91b1a68ee1a16a90735frefgit.kernel.org/stable/c/3c837266a734e2a22b24d2d567404a501d405835refgit.kernel.org/stable/c/1c8629651cb54f7b51db8fc0b1a9944e4a4b0f5e