CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-64518

Low risk· EPSS 11%
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.21%

11th percentile - higher than 11% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, in tcp_ao_established_key(), lockdep_sock_is_held() was used for a TCP_TIME_WAIT socket (twsk) which lacks sk_lock, causing an out-of-bounds memory access.

Risk Assessment

The organization may experience system crashes or potential security vulnerabilities in TCP communication using TCP-AO (TCP Authentication Option).

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that skips lockdep_sock_is_held() for TCP_TIME_WAIT sockets.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: Fix out-of-bounds access for twsk in tcp_ao_established_key(). lockdep_sock_is_held() was added in tcp_ao_established_key() by the cited commit. It can be called from tcp_v[46]_timewait_ack() with twsk. Since it does not have sk->sk_lock, the lockdep annotation results in out-of-bound access. $ pahole -C tcp_timewait_sock vmlinux | grep size /* size: 288, cachelines: 5, members: 8 */ $ pahole -C sock vmlinux | grep sk_lock socket_lock_t sk_lock; /* 440 192 */ Let's not use lockdep_sock_is_held() for TCP_TIME_WAIT.

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