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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.8 High

CVE-2026-52935

xfrm: espintcp: do not reuse an in-progress partial send

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: espintcp: do not reuse an in-progress partial send espintcp keeps a single in-flight transmit in ctx->partial. Before building a new sk_msg, espintcp_sendmsg() first tries to flush that state through espintcp_push_msgs(). For blocking callers, espintcp_push_msgs() may return success even when the previous partial send is still pending. espintcp_sendmsg() would then reinitialize emsg->skmsg and reuse ctx->partial while the old transfer still owns that state. Do not rebuild the send message when ctx->partial is still in progress. If espintcp_push_msgs() returns with emsg->len still set, fail the new send instead of overwriting the live partial state. This is a memory-safety fix: reusing the live partial-send state can leave a stale offset attached to a new sk_msg and lead to an out-of- bounds read in the send path. tcp_sendmsg_locked() already handles waiting for send buffer memory, so the fix here is just to preserve espintcp's one-message-at-a-time transmit state.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 to < 6564e9c7af7e1dc7bfe7f3093b728abe484d7630affected
  • e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 to < 1777ceac4bea5e568a5ad44b7f9bb219c1db21b6affected
  • e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 to < 8c6c691bf062dc0753a139a4ab8cb92a70fcf8f3affected
  • e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 to < aa82a078f70f7ff88ba7d1017134e79d1ac140f2affected
  • e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 to < ba21439302db9a82fe4edbed1e38a97271529421affected
  • e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 to < f9b38a8fbfa07f1deaf7ee1eb38fa8b21ea13990affected
  • e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 to < 37487d55bf3300e3d2c1368da5c2bd3e3834ea4faffected
  • e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 to < c381039ade2e161ab08c0eda73c4f8b9a7115928affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 5.6affected
  • 0 to < 5.6unaffected
  • 5.10.259 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.210 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.176 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.143 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.94 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.36 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.0.13 to ≤ 7.0.*unaffected
  • 7.1 to ≤ *unaffected

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