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CVE-2026-45843
published 2026-05-27

CVE-2026-45843: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: slip: bound decode() reads against the compressed packet length slhc_uncompress() parses a…

PriorityP346high8.2CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHILAN
EPSS
0.36%
28.3th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: slip: bound decode() reads against the compressed packet length slhc_uncompress() parses a VJ-compressed TCP header by advancing a pointer through the packet via decode() and pull16(). Neither helper bounds-checks against isize, and decode() masks its return with & 0xffff so it can never return the -1 that callers test for -- those error paths are dead code. A short compressed frame whose change byte requests optional fields lets decode() read past the end of the packet. The over-read bytes are folded into the cached cstate and reflected into subsequent reconstructed packets. Make decode() and pull16() take the packet end pointer and return -1 when exhausted. Add a bounds check before the TCP-checksum read. The existing == -1 tests now do what they were always meant to.

Affected

62 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 6268f01ae989013671b526c883e92655342c6f6f6268f01ae989013671b526c883e92655342c6f6f
linuxlinux>= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 9aafba2f49e1fcccc2018816f5836a609c9258799aafba2f49e1fcccc2018816f5836a609c925879
linuxlinux>= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 335957df4ed60f02a2ec0432fbedbf0cc7241d8b335957df4ed60f02a2ec0432fbedbf0cc7241d8b
linuxlinux>= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 37537e42e6df387398bee85cb85070cc80bb1e1037537e42e6df387398bee85cb85070cc80bb1e10
linuxlinux>= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 4cefe32639933d652614b0bd50f818f9af4af78f4cefe32639933d652614b0bd50f818f9af4af78f
linuxlinux>= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 0511ecb00e61bf28e2fec4bb41fcce385c3a3b2d0511ecb00e61bf28e2fec4bb41fcce385c3a3b2d
linuxlinux>= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < d42bec6e4f6d6d658be365539400b3314b76b2a7d42bec6e4f6d6d658be365539400b3314b76b2a7
linuxlinux>= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 4c1367a2d7aad643a6f87c6931b13cc1a25e8ca74c1367a2d7aad643a6f87c6931b13cc1a25e8ca7
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 2.6.12.1 < 5.10.2585.10.258
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11 < 5.15.2095.15.209
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 6.1.1756.1.175
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.18.336.18.33
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.19 < 7.0.107.0.10
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2 < 6.6.1416.6.141
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.12.916.12.91
ubuntulinux
ubuntulinux-aws
ubuntulinux-aws-5.15

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.2HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
vendor_ubuntu7.1HIGH
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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