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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-80852" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-09-04T15:55:02.806Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T08:44:46.363Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:30.346Z" 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-2026-80852" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-80852.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80852" title: "tls: device: fix out-of-bounds write in tls_append_frag()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntls: device: fix out-of-bounds write in tls_append_frag()\n\nFound with syzkaller and a local syzbot instance running on top of a\nnetdevsim TLS offload emulation; tls_device.c is otherwise only reachable\non a machine with a NIC that implements the offload.\n\ntls_push_data() only checks whether the open record still has room for\nanother frag at the bottom of its loop, and the MSG_MORE early break\nskips that check. The record survives to the next syscall with the frag\ncount it already had, and tls_append_frag() does not check either, so\nwith TLS_TX_ZEROCOPY_RO every splice(SPLICE_F_MORE) of a byte or two adds\na non-coalescing pipe page and num_frags walks off the end of\ntls_record_info.frags[MAX_SKB_FRAGS]. Once the record is pushed,\ntls_push_record() runs the same index over sg_tx_data[MAX_SKB_FRAGS] and\nthe sg_set_page() writes land on the destruct_work that follows it, which\nthe workqueue then calls.\n\nThe byte limit is fine because copy drops to 0 and the loop falls through\nto the same check; the frag count has no such feedback.\n\nPush the record rather than keep a full one open, which is what a plain\nTCP socket does - tcp_sendmsg_locked() uses tcp_mark_push() and\nnew_segment in both the copy and the MSG_SPLICE_PAGES paths, and tls_sw\nalready sets full_record when the sk_msg ring fills up, MSG_MORE or not.\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in tls_append_frag ( net/tls/tls_device.c:269)\n Write of size 8 at addr ffff8881104d1530 by task tls_oob/450\n\n CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 450 Comm: tls_oob Not tainted 7.2.0-rc7+ #329 PREEMPT\n Call Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:94 lib/dump_stack.c:120)\n print_report (mm/kasan/report.c:378 mm/kasan/report.c:482)\n kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:595)\n tls_append_frag (net/tls/tls_device.c:269)\n tls_push_data (net/tls/tls_device.c:518)\n tls_device_sendmsg (net/tls/tls_device.c:583)\n inet_sendmsg (net/ipv4/af_inet.c:865)\n sock_sendmsg (net/socket.c:775 net/socket.c:790 net/socket.c:813)\n splice_to_socket (fs/splice.c:884)\n do_splice (fs/splice.c:936 fs/splice.c:1349)\n __do_splice (fs/splice.c:1431)\n __x64_sys_splice (fs/splice.c:1634 fs/splice.c:1616)\n do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94)\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121)\n \u003c/TASK\u003e\n\nand, once the record is pushed:\n\n UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in net/tls/tls_device.c:300:24\n index 18 is out of range for type 'skb_frag_t [17]'\n UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in net/tls/tls_device.c:301:41\n index 18 is out of range for type 'scatterlist [17]'\n UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in net/tls/tls_device.c:302:39\n index 18 is out of range for type 'scatterlist [17]'\n UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in net/tls/tls_device.c:307:38\n index 26 is out of range for type 'scatterlist [17]'\n\n kernel tried to execute NX-protected page - exploit attempt? (uid: 0)\n BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffea000411a680\n #PF: supervisor instruction fetch in kernel mode\n #PF: error_code(0x0011) - permissions violation\n Oops: Oops: 0011 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI\n Workqueue: ktls_device_destruct 0xffffea000411a680\n RIP: 0010:0xffffea000411a680\n Call Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n worker_thread (kernel/workqueue.c:3405 kernel/workqueue.c:3486)\n kthread (kernel/kthread.c:436)\n ret_from_fork (arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158)\n ret_from_fork_asm (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245)\n \u003c/TASK\u003e" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"e8f69799810c32dd40c6724d829eccc70baad07f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"03ced5da6120965d80ed56dbb7d78fa5c9128906"},{"version":"e8f69799810c32dd40c6724d829eccc70baad07f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a832d7cb09da2a8e4e9734b4be14d3e76169d805"},{"version":"e8f69799810c32dd40c6724d829eccc70baad07f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b7f10d4ff987bda038df90052cd4a1434a7412d4"},{"version":"e8f69799810c32dd40c6724d829eccc70baad07f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"fadbc1ed2a872a8649a44cf9e1cf9621fc58cd6e"},{"version":"e8f69799810c32dd40c6724d829eccc70baad07f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"cd7e875b89597f3498917af764758391338d1802"},{"version":"e8f69799810c32dd40c6724d829eccc70baad07f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7e1208c135618358da5d7d6664874dc6e53c62fc"},{"version":"e8f69799810c32dd40c6724d829eccc70baad07f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b17cf742eaad70ae29ac558cefb3aa9bbeea03d4"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"4.18","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.18"},{"version":"6.1.187","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.156","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.108","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.49","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.1.13","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*"},{"version":"7.2.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*"},{"version":"7.3","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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