Memory disclosure via unchecked Gap ACK length
Published Jul 25, 2026 · Updated Jul 25, 2026
Out-of-bounds read in Linux Kernel allows remote attackers to disclose kernel memory or crash a TIPC node via a broadcast STATE_MSG. The tipc_bcast_sync_rcv function ignores the Gap ACK record size returned by tipc_get_gap_ack_blks, letting tipc_link_advance_transmq copy beyond a short receive buffer using an attacker-controlled count. Reachability requires a TIPC neighbor that negotiated TIPC_GAP_ACK_BLOCK; a single malformed broadcast STATE_MSG triggers the read.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds read in Linux Kernel allows remote attackers to disclose kernel memory or crash a TIPC node via a broadcast STATE_MSG. The tipc_bcast_sync_rcv function ignores the Gap ACK record size returned by tipc_get_gap_ack_blks, letting tipc_link_advance_transmq copy beyond a short receive buffer using an attacker-controlled count. Reachability requires a TIPC neighbor that negotiated TIPC_GAP_ACK_BLOCK; a single malformed broadcast STATE_MSG triggers the read.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-64450
- Published
- Jul 25, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 25, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux Kernel
- Classifications
- CWE-125, T1210
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 25, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 25, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.8
- Affected versionversion=d7626b5acff9227e2a65da636a53e09bdafdc0aa <016f5995c37a5a2c45198308f830f244517d70b7
- Affected versionversion=d7626b5acff9227e2a65da636a53e09bdafdc0aa <055663d21dc4336f67933ab26bef3c5934be6324
- Affected versionversion=d7626b5acff9227e2a65da636a53e09bdafdc0aa <2b66974a1b6134a4bbc3bfed181f7418f688eb54
- Affected versionversion=d7626b5acff9227e2a65da636a53e09bdafdc0aa <2de42e268174766cb2e2b90721afdfdff70e0d8d
- Affected versionversion=d7626b5acff9227e2a65da636a53e09bdafdc0aa <74b45af86a767594ba52330cd440ea84e24d700d
- Affected versionversion=d7626b5acff9227e2a65da636a53e09bdafdc0aa <9a51115fcdc78687c8852bf93a1db3951dbb223b
- Affected versionversion=d7626b5acff9227e2a65da636a53e09bdafdc0aa <a21ed5064217cc33726da6c7ef1a520eba43aea1
- Affected versionversion=d7626b5acff9227e2a65da636a53e09bdafdc0aa <f333b6851bdf326fd2134133272dbbed0c94d921
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