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CVE-2026-99055

tcp: reject net_iov in zerocopy receive mapping hints

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: reject net_iov in zerocopy receive mapping hints After copying a readable prefix, receive_fallback_to_copy() asks tcp_zerocopy_set_hint_for_skb() where page mapping can resume. If the next skb is unreadable, find_next_mappable_frag() passes its net_iov fragment to can_map_frag(). skb_frag_page() returns NULL for a net_iov, but can_map_frag() dereferences it in PageCompound(). A v7.2 KASAN run on a connected TCP socket with 64 readable bytes followed by a 4096-byte NET_IOV_DMABUF fragment reported: BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in can_map_frag tcp_zerocopy_receive -> can_map_frag Kernel panic - not syncing: KASAN: panic_on_warn set The diagnostic inserted the net_iov directly because the test host has no devmem-capable NIC. Hardware end-to-end reachability remains untested and requires CONFIG_NET_DEVMEM plus a supported DMA-buf-bound RX queue. Reject all net_iov fragments before skb_frag_page(). This covers both DMABUF and IOURING net_iov types while leaving page-backed checks unchanged. With the guard, the same queue copied the readable prefix, returned a 4096-byte skip hint, and completed without a fault.

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

  • 9f6b619edf2e85746f261b42ae8f818a59d126f7 to < 563d3564513496b9ce3b3ba7a5154427554d0f06affected
  • 9f6b619edf2e85746f261b42ae8f818a59d126f7 to < 1c7463ac0e99cc91c4eecc1b69a740ef1a619932affected
  • 9f6b619edf2e85746f261b42ae8f818a59d126f7 to < 3aa6f536a95eb0617c313ae2eb76fdfa85331f85affected
  • 9f6b619edf2e85746f261b42ae8f818a59d126f7 to < 8b1f0af1fd5fd113432233ed8a3862ee7c30a84faffected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 6.12affected
  • 0 to < 6.12unaffected
  • 6.12.113 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.57 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.2.11 to ≤ 7.2.*unaffected
  • 7.3 to ≤ *unaffected

References