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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-63831" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-07-19T12:02:24.320Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T20:07:49.327Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:20.586Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-63831" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-63831.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-63831" title: "mac802154: llsec: add skb_cow_data() before in-place crypto" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmac802154: llsec: add skb_cow_data() before in-place crypto\n\nllsec_do_encrypt_unauth(), llsec_do_encrypt_auth(),\nllsec_do_decrypt_unauth(), and llsec_do_decrypt_auth() all perform\nin-place cryptographic transformations on skb data. They build a\nscatterlist with sg_init_one() pointing into the skb's linear data area\nand then pass the same scatterlist as both src and dst to the crypto API\n(e.g. crypto_skcipher_encrypt/decrypt, crypto_aead_encrypt/decrypt).\n\nOn the RX path, __ieee802154_rx_handle_packet() clones the received skb\nbefore handing it to each subscriber via ieee802154_subif_frame(). The\ncloned skb shares the same underlying data buffer via reference\ncounting. When llsec_do_decrypt() subsequently modifies this shared\nbuffer in place, it corrupts data that other clones -- potentially\nbelonging to other sockets or subsystems -- still reference.\n\nOn the TX path, similar data sharing can occur when an skb's head has\nbeen cloned (skb_cloned() returns true).\n\nThe fix is to call skb_cow_data() before performing any in-place crypto\noperation. skb_cow_data() ensures that the skb's data area is not\nshared: if the skb head is cloned or the data spans multiple fragments,\nit copies the data into a private buffer that can be safely modified in\nplace. This is the same pattern used by:\n\n - ESP (net/ipv4/esp4.c, net/ipv6/esp6.c)\n - MACsec (drivers/net/macsec.c)\n - WireGuard (drivers/net/wireguard/receive.c)\n - TIPC (net/tipc/crypto.c)\n\nWithout this guard, in-place crypto on shared skb data leads to:\n - Silent data corruption of other skb clones\n - Use-after-free when the crypto API scatterwalk writes through a\n page that has already been freed by another clone's kfree_skb()\n - Kernel crashes under concurrent 802.15.4 traffic with security\n enabled (KASAN/KMSAN reports slab-use-after-free)\n\nFound by 0sec (https://0sec.ai) using automated source analysis." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"03556e4d0dbbbf4af9df76f4a3839c86f6afb015","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3a2b378b3a9ca75d3518d879148d2ad25b5714a9"},{"version":"03556e4d0dbbbf4af9df76f4a3839c86f6afb015","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7a831bcd0486788283ef35e396d4282ee01bb0d5"},{"version":"03556e4d0dbbbf4af9df76f4a3839c86f6afb015","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ff976ef7c39199ebff33c18034636595016db9f0"},{"version":"03556e4d0dbbbf4af9df76f4a3839c86f6afb015","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"e28e7fd34c449028325322a3f5127b92594b7396"},{"version":"03556e4d0dbbbf4af9df76f4a3839c86f6afb015","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"993fd674fe85d114e6a8d3963033d4fbbc2170a8"},{"version":"03556e4d0dbbbf4af9df76f4a3839c86f6afb015","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"bd968bdd568beacfdf98ec537a87527e85f1d0cf"},{"version":"03556e4d0dbbbf4af9df76f4a3839c86f6afb015","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"86d531337ea1ba02d9f2bc830d07c683d9bfaade"},{"version":"03556e4d0dbbbf4af9df76f4a3839c86f6afb015","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"84a04eb5b210643bd67aab81ff805d32f62aa865"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"3.16","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"3.16"},{"version":"5.10.260","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.211","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.177","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.144","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.95","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.38","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.1.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*"},{"version":"7.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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