CVE-2026-63831
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2026
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
mac802154: llsec: add skb_cow_data() before in-place crypto
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mac802154: llsec: add skb_cow_data() before in-place crypto llsec_do_encrypt_unauth(), llsec_do_encrypt_auth(), llsec_do_decrypt_unauth(), and llsec_do_decrypt_auth() all perform in-place cryptographic transformations on skb data. They build a scatterlist with sg_init_one() pointing into the skb's linear data area and then pass the same scatterlist as both src and dst to the crypto API (e.g. crypto_skcipher_encrypt/decrypt, crypto_aead_encrypt/decrypt). On the RX path, __ieee802154_rx_handle_packet() clones the received skb before handing it to each subscriber via ieee802154_subif_frame(). The cloned skb shares the same underlying data buffer via reference counting. When llsec_do_decrypt() subsequently modifies this shared buffer in place, it corrupts data that other clones -- potentially belonging to other sockets or subsystems -- still reference. On the TX path, similar data sharing can occur when an skb's head has been cloned (skb_cloned() returns true). The fix is to call skb_cow_data() before performing any in-place crypto operation. skb_cow_data() ensures that the skb's data area is not shared: if the skb head is cloned or the data spans multiple fragments, it copies the data into a private buffer that can be safely modified in place. This is the same pattern used by: - ESP (net/ipv4/esp4.c, net/ipv6/esp6.c) - MACsec (drivers/net/macsec.c) - WireGuard (drivers/net/wireguard/receive.c) - TIPC (net/tipc/crypto.c) Without this guard, in-place crypto on shared skb data leads to: - Silent data corruption of other skb clones - Use-after-free when the crypto API scatterwalk writes through a page that has already been freed by another clone's kfree_skb() - Kernel crashes under concurrent 802.15.4 traffic with security enabled (KASAN/KMSAN reports slab-use-after-free) Found by 0sec (https://0sec.ai) using automated source analysis.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03556e4d0dbbbf4af9df76f4a3839c86f6afb015 | affected | git | 3a2b378b3a9ca75d3518d879148d2ad25b5714a9 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 03556e4d0dbbbf4af9df76f4a3839c86f6afb015 | affected | git | 7a831bcd0486788283ef35e396d4282ee01bb0d5 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 03556e4d0dbbbf4af9df76f4a3839c86f6afb015 | affected | git | ff976ef7c39199ebff33c18034636595016db9f0 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 03556e4d0dbbbf4af9df76f4a3839c86f6afb015 | affected | git | e28e7fd34c449028325322a3f5127b92594b7396 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 03556e4d0dbbbf4af9df76f4a3839c86f6afb015 | affected | git | 993fd674fe85d114e6a8d3963033d4fbbc2170a8 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 03556e4d0dbbbf4af9df76f4a3839c86f6afb015 | affected | git | bd968bdd568beacfdf98ec537a87527e85f1d0cf | Unavailable | None listed |
| 03556e4d0dbbbf4af9df76f4a3839c86f6afb015 | affected | git | 86d531337ea1ba02d9f2bc830d07c683d9bfaade | Unavailable | None listed |
| 03556e4d0dbbbf4af9df76f4a3839c86f6afb015 | affected | git | 84a04eb5b210643bd67aab81ff805d32f62aa865 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.16 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 3.16 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.10.260 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.10.* | None listed |
| 5.15.211 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 6.1.177 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.6.144 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.12.95 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.18.38 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.18.* | None listed |
| 7.1.3 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 7.1.* | None listed |
| 7.2 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |