CVE-2026-64422 PUBLISHED

net: ipv4: bound TCP reordering sysctl writes and MTU probe sizes

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 19.07.2026 Published: 25.07.2026 Updated: 25.07.2026

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

net: ipv4: bound TCP reordering sysctl writes and MTU probe sizes

Reject invalid net.ipv4.tcp_reordering values before they reach TCP socket state. The sysctl is stored as an int but copied into the u32 tp->reordering field for new sockets, so negative writes wrap to large values.

With tcp_mtu_probing=2, the wrapped value can overflow the tcp_mtu_probe() size calculation and drive the MTU probing path into an out-of-bounds read. Route tcp_reordering writes through proc_dointvec_minmax() and require it to be at least 1. Also require tcp_max_reordering to be at least 1 so the configured maximum cannot become negative either.

When registering the table for a non-init network namespace, relocate extra2 pointers that refer into init_net.ipv4 so the tcp_reordering upper bound follows that namespace's tcp_max_reordering.

Harden tcp_mtu_probe() itself by computing size_needed as u64. This keeps the send queue and window checks from being bypassed through signed integer overflow.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 91cc17c0e5e5ada156a8d5787a2509d263ea6bbf to f0d88a4cd03affff6c08adf6c63964e235aede43 (excl.)
  • affected from 91cc17c0e5e5ada156a8d5787a2509d263ea6bbf to 27ddf4486c7dbf5bdd393fa8bef6b67179796d98 (excl.)
  • affected from 91cc17c0e5e5ada156a8d5787a2509d263ea6bbf to 782708ca1ea1f68b8cbb5ea3a7f5f18d0000efae (excl.)
  • affected from 91cc17c0e5e5ada156a8d5787a2509d263ea6bbf to e81f805824a8109504fce090641b17d135b48cd1 (excl.)
  • affected from 91cc17c0e5e5ada156a8d5787a2509d263ea6bbf to 99206ce2244f8a3ed64298d0667c9055845a5dc7 (excl.)
  • affected from 91cc17c0e5e5ada156a8d5787a2509d263ea6bbf to bbae351c0f32f7c200249e4aa6561b2b419dcf69 (excl.)
  • affected from 91cc17c0e5e5ada156a8d5787a2509d263ea6bbf to a094ac95d3b69adfa1676eb9c8eae6835d4f1671 (excl.)
  • affected from 91cc17c0e5e5ada156a8d5787a2509d263ea6bbf to efb8763d7bbb40cff4cc55a6b62c3095a038149c (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 2.6.24 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 2.6.24 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.261 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.212 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.178 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.145 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.96 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.39 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.4 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2-rc1 to * (incl.)

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