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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-72020" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-08-15T05:51:46.675Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T21:19:23.243Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z" 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-2026-72020" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-72020.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72020" title: "ipvs: reset full ip_vs_seq structs in ip_vs_conn_new" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipvs: reset full ip_vs_seq structs in ip_vs_conn_new\n\nCommit 9a05475cebdd (\"ipvs: avoid kmem_cache_zalloc in\nip_vs_conn_new\") changed ip_vs_conn_new() to allocate an ip_vs_conn\nobject with kmem_cache_alloc(). The function then initializes many\nfields explicitly, but only resets in_seq.delta and out_seq.delta in the\ntwo struct ip_vs_seq members.\n\nThat leaves init_seq and previous_delta uninitialized. This is normally\nharmless while the corresponding IP_VS_CONN_F_IN_SEQ or\nIP_VS_CONN_F_OUT_SEQ flag is clear. For connections learned from a sync\nmessage, however, ip_vs_proc_conn() preserves those flags from\nIP_VS_CONN_F_BACKUP_MASK and passes opt=NULL when the message omits\nIPVS_OPT_SEQ_DATA. In that case the new connection can be hashed with\nSEQ flags set but with the rest of in_seq/out_seq still containing stale\nslab data.\n\nWhen a packet for such a connection is later handled by an IPVS\napplication helper, vs_fix_seq() and vs_fix_ack_seq() use\nprevious_delta and init_seq to rewrite TCP sequence numbers. A malformed\nsync message can therefore make forwarded packets carry stale slab bytes\nin their TCP seq/ack numbers, and can also corrupt the forwarded TCP\nflow.\n\nReset both struct ip_vs_seq members completely before publishing the\nconnection. This matches the existing \"reset struct ip_vs_seq\" comment\nand keeps the sequence-adjustment gates inactive unless valid sequence\ndata is installed later." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"9a05475cebdd6341884b5901e53870be26e65158","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3bf9a260188b2a5449cbddc032a749ab433fe328"},{"version":"9a05475cebdd6341884b5901e53870be26e65158","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"6378c5cb360eb1750f88839d7c3613ea92ac1816"},{"version":"9a05475cebdd6341884b5901e53870be26e65158","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"32c299e28b8eea6cbbd23b97dc61401e9ef9c445"},{"version":"9a05475cebdd6341884b5901e53870be26e65158","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9e36602cbec552286f7e691cfd366525c565ee74"},{"version":"9a05475cebdd6341884b5901e53870be26e65158","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d0eed7177e822cab83141e5c44b2aa345c7fd379"},{"version":"9a05475cebdd6341884b5901e53870be26e65158","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"83fb4c2c5344f02eac929f66de3c9d1adfcde04c"},{"version":"9a05475cebdd6341884b5901e53870be26e65158","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"6335ab62d5fc9ed875279238233fba3462c168f5"},{"version":"9a05475cebdd6341884b5901e53870be26e65158","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"2975324d164c552b028632f107b567302863b7f6"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"3.10","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"3.10"},{"version":"5.10.261","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.212","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.178","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.145","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.97","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.40","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.1.5","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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