CVE-2026-63830 PUBLISHED

net: skmsg: preserve sg.copy across SG transforms

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 19.07.2026 Published: 19.07.2026 Updated: 20.07.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: skmsg: preserve sg.copy across SG transforms

The sk_msg sg.copy bitmap is part of the scatterlist entry ownership state. A set bit tells sk_msg_compute_data_pointers() not to expose the entry through writable BPF ctx->data. This protects entries backed by pages that are not private to the sk_msg, such as splice-backed file page-cache pages.

Several sk_msg transform paths move, copy, split, or compact msg->sg.data[] entries without moving the matching sg.copy bit. This can make an externally backed entry arrive at a new slot with a clear copy bit. A later SK_MSG verdict can then expose sg_virt(sge) as writable ctx->data and BPF stores can modify the original page cache.

Keep sg.copy synchronized with sg.data[] whenever entries are transferred, shifted, split, or copied into a new sk_msg. Clear the bit when an entry is replaced by a newly allocated private page or freed. This covers the BPF pull/push/pop helpers, sk_msg_shift_left/right(), sk_msg_xfer(), and tls_split_open_record(), including the partial tail entry created during TLS open-record splitting.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
CVSS Score: 9.4

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from d3b18ad31f93d0b6bae105c679018a1ba7daa9ca to 9bb86d8184b37503816150c4a6ad3c17dfdbe827 (excl.)
  • affected from d3b18ad31f93d0b6bae105c679018a1ba7daa9ca to 0eb4c16c4adb262763bda870a8ed38a1a9dec7ec (excl.)
  • affected from d3b18ad31f93d0b6bae105c679018a1ba7daa9ca to d22cc92bc41290e5783a72375e0843d9435f6001 (excl.)
  • affected from d3b18ad31f93d0b6bae105c679018a1ba7daa9ca to 1acdd14c0990dd1cd4b6534f00366d2e6dfce05f (excl.)
  • affected from d3b18ad31f93d0b6bae105c679018a1ba7daa9ca to 21ed9540a8e1906dfcbc1bb82ba9b4de4fa4bd6d (excl.)
  • affected from d3b18ad31f93d0b6bae105c679018a1ba7daa9ca to 406e8a651a7b854c41fecd5117bb282b3a6c2c6b (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 4.20 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 4.20 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.177 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.144 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.95 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.38 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.3 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2-rc1 to * (incl.)

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