CVE-2026-90054
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Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-90054, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-09-17
Last updated on: 2026-09-17
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tcp: fix corruption of urgent data on multi-segment retransmit
On the normal xmit path, while in urgent mode we refuse to build a
multi-segment TSO packet, so every segment gets its own urg_ptr:
/* tcp_write_xmit() */
limit = mss_now;
if (tso_segs > 1 && !tcp_urg_mode(tp))
limit = tcp_mss_split_point(...);
The retransmit path has no such guard. __tcp_retransmit_skb() builds a
segs > 1 skb and hands it to the GSO layer, which only advances th->seq
per segment and copies urg_ptr verbatim:
/* __tcp_retransmit_skb() */
len = cur_mss * segs; /* segs > 1, no urg_mode check */
...
/* tcp_gso_segment(): bumps seq only, urg_ptr is copied */
urg_ptr is an offset from the segment's own seq, so a copied value points
at a different place on each segment. The receiver rebuilds the absolute
urgent seq as seg.seq + urg_ptr, so it walks a moving urgent point instead
of the one OOB byte:
seg1 seq 1 urg_ptr 5001 -> urgent @ 5001 (ok)
seg2 seq 1001 urg_ptr 5001 -> urgent @ 6001 (wrong, +MSS)
seg3 seq 2001 urg_ptr 5001 -> urgent @ 7001 (wrong, +2*MSS)
The real OOB byte is never pointed at, so the receiver stops splicing it
out and delivers it as normal in-band data, corrupting the stream.
Guard the retransmit length like the xmit path: keep segs = 1 while in
urgent mode.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 10d3be569243def8d92ac3722395ef5a59c504e6 |
| Linux | Linux | 10d3be569243def8d92ac3722395ef5a59c504e6 |
| Linux | Linux | 10d3be569243def8d92ac3722395ef5a59c504e6 |
| Linux | Linux | 10d3be569243def8d92ac3722395ef5a59c504e6 |
| Linux | Linux | 10d3be569243def8d92ac3722395ef5a59c504e6 |
| Linux | Linux | 10d3be569243def8d92ac3722395ef5a59c504e6 |
| Linux | Linux | 10d3be569243def8d92ac3722395ef5a59c504e6 |
| Linux | Linux | 10d3be569243def8d92ac3722395ef5a59c504e6 |
| Linux | Linux | 4.7 |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-UNKNOWN |
