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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-98299" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-10-06T08:45:57.226Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T09:17:10.154Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:41.756Z" 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-2026-98299" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98299.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98299" title: "tcp: do not let tcp_rmem be set below 4096" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntcp: do not let tcp_rmem be set below 4096\n\nWe can hit a division by zero crash in tcp_rcvbuf_grow()\nand tcp_rcv_space_adjust():\n\ndivide error: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP\nRIP: 0010:tcp_rcvbuf_grow+0x187/0x450 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:939\n...\ngrow = div_u64(((u64)rcvwin \u003c\u003c 1) * (newval - oldval), oldval);\n\nThe division uses oldval = tp-\u003ercvq_space.space as divisor.\nWhen tp-\u003ercvq_space.space is zero, this leads to a divide-by-zero\nexception.\n\ntp-\u003ercvq_space.space is initialized in tcp_init_buffer_space():\n tp-\u003ercvq_space.space = min3(tp-\u003ercv_ssthresh, tp-\u003ercv_wnd,\n (u32)TCP_INIT_CWND * tp-\u003eadvmss);\n\nIf tcp_rmem[1] is configured to very small values (such as 1),\nsk-\u003esk_rcvbuf is initialized to 1. Then tcp_full_space(sk), which\ncomputes (sk-\u003esk_rcvbuf * scaling_ratio) \u003e\u003e 8, truncates to 0.\nThis sets tp-\u003ewindow_clamp = 0, tp-\u003ercv_ssthresh = 0, and\ntp-\u003ercvq_space.space = 0. Later, when data arrives and DRS is invoked,\ntcp_rcvbuf_grow() divides by oldval == 0.\n\nBack in 2015, commit b1cb59cf2efe (\"net: sysctl_net_core: check SNDBUF\nand RCVBUF for min length\") ensured that net.core.rmem_default and\nnet.core.rmem_max cannot be set below SOCK_MIN_RCVBUF. Similarly,\nSO_RCVBUF setsockopt enforces max_t(int, val * 2, SOCK_MIN_RCVBUF).\n\nHowever, net.ipv4.tcp_rmem still had .extra1 = SYSCTL_ONE, allowing\narbitrarily small values.\n\nBecause SOCK_MIN_RCVBUF depends on sizeof(struct sk_buff) and cacheline\nalignment, its value varies across architectures and configuration options.\nUsing a fixed constant of 4096 ensures a predictable, architecture-\nindependent lower bound that is safely above SOCK_MIN_RCVBUF everywhere\nand matches the documented 4K default.\n\nFix this by setting tcp_rmem.extra1 to 4096 and updating the documentation." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"879907631b9e70eedb62d76461b29afa106ebe7a"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8e32532d0fa3191ecf9524b0e6bafa0832e712ba"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"67b83c15bed9eeeb8d1a6dbf88a5f79525970173"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9a4f49bf8d2da4e52e904f60c29cca317bab9b3a"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"60df201dbb19a1bf6478b56d100f7ae1fe90e46a"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7898bda1ebc198f5559b301a96dd5398edd4d4d3"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"1c4bb940c3bb4325bb88ac1b7eaf5faaa39e7d63"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"83a945a529d6e002dd7339c532288a931f463dba"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.6.12","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"2.6.12"},{"version":"5.10.271","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.222","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.189","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.158","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.112","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.54","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.2.8","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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