CVE-2026-63830

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinuxd3b18ad31f93d0b6bae105c679018a1ba7daa9ca < 9bb86d8184b37503816150c4a6ad3c17dfdbe827affected
LinuxLinuxd3b18ad31f93d0b6bae105c679018a1ba7daa9ca < 0eb4c16c4adb262763bda870a8ed38a1a9dec7ecaffected
LinuxLinuxd3b18ad31f93d0b6bae105c679018a1ba7daa9ca < d22cc92bc41290e5783a72375e0843d9435f6001affected
LinuxLinuxd3b18ad31f93d0b6bae105c679018a1ba7daa9ca < 1acdd14c0990dd1cd4b6534f00366d2e6dfce05faffected
LinuxLinuxd3b18ad31f93d0b6bae105c679018a1ba7daa9ca < 21ed9540a8e1906dfcbc1bb82ba9b4de4fa4bd6daffected
LinuxLinuxd3b18ad31f93d0b6bae105c679018a1ba7daa9ca < 406e8a651a7b854c41fecd5117bb282b3a6c2c6baffected
LinuxLinux4.20affected
LinuxLinux0 < 4.20unaffected
LinuxLinux6.1.177 <= 6.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.6.144 <= 6.6.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.12.95 <= 6.12.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.18.38 <= 6.18.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.1.3 <= 7.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.2-rc1 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

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