Kernel memory corruption via unchecked TLS fragments
Published Sep 4, 2026 · Updated Sep 4, 2026
Out-of-bounds write in Linux kernel TLS device offload allows local users to corrupt kernel memory through crafted splice calls. The MSG_MORE early exit leaves a full record open, and tls_append_frag() increments num_frags beyond frags[MAX_SKB_FRAGS] before tls_push_record() indexes parallel scatterlists. Reachability requires TLS_TX_ZEROCOPY_RO and a NIC implementing TLS offload; triggering the flaw can crash the kernel or redirect a workqueue call through overwritten destruct_work data.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds write in Linux kernel TLS device offload allows local users to corrupt kernel memory through crafted splice calls. The MSG_MORE early exit leaves a full record open, and tls_append_frag() increments num_frags beyond frags[MAX_SKB_FRAGS] before tls_push_record() indexes parallel scatterlists. Reachability requires TLS_TX_ZEROCOPY_RO and a NIC implementing TLS offload; triggering the flaw can crash the kernel or redirect a workqueue call through overwritten destruct_work data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-80852
- Published
- Sep 4, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 4, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
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- Sep 4, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 4, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=4.18
- Affected versionversion=e8f69799810c32dd40c6724d829eccc70baad07f <03ced5da6120965d80ed56dbb7d78fa5c9128906
- Affected versionversion=e8f69799810c32dd40c6724d829eccc70baad07f <7e1208c135618358da5d7d6664874dc6e53c62fc
- Affected versionversion=e8f69799810c32dd40c6724d829eccc70baad07f <a832d7cb09da2a8e4e9734b4be14d3e76169d805
- Affected versionversion=e8f69799810c32dd40c6724d829eccc70baad07f <b17cf742eaad70ae29ac558cefb3aa9bbeea03d4
- Affected versionversion=e8f69799810c32dd40c6724d829eccc70baad07f <b7f10d4ff987bda038df90052cd4a1434a7412d4
- Affected versionversion=e8f69799810c32dd40c6724d829eccc70baad07f <cd7e875b89597f3498917af764758391338d1802
- Affected versionversion=e8f69799810c32dd40c6724d829eccc70baad07f <fadbc1ed2a872a8649a44cf9e1cf9621fc58cd6e
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