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High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published Jul 25, 2026· Updated Oct 19, 2026

CVE-2026-64422

CVE-2026-64422

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: ipv4: bound TCP reordering sysctl writes and MTU probe sizes

Reject invalid net.ipv4.tcp_reordering values before they reach TCP socket state. The sysctl is stored as an int but copied into the u32 tp->reordering field for new sockets, so negative writes wrap to large values.

With tcp_mtu_probing=2, the wrapped value can overflow the tcp_mtu_probe() size calculation and drive the MTU probing path into an out-of-bounds read. Route tcp_reordering writes through proc_dointvec_minmax() and require it to be at least 1. Also require tcp_max_reordering to be at least 1 so the configured maximum cannot become negative either.

When registering the table for a non-init network namespace, relocate extra2 pointers that refer into init_net.ipv4 so the tcp_reordering upper bound follows that namespace's tcp_max_reordering.

Harden tcp_mtu_probe() itself by computing size_needed as u64. This keeps the send queue and window checks from being bypassed through signed integer overflow.

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  • Linux/Kernel8 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=2.6.24.1,<5.10.261
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.24:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.24:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.24:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.24:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.24:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.24:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)
  • osv-coords2 versions
    >= 2.6.24, < 5.10.261+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: >= 2.6.24, < 5.10.261
    • (no CPE)range: < 7.1.7-1.1

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