CVE-2026-45843 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: slip: bound decode() reads against the compressed…
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: slip: bound decode() reads against the compressed packet length slhc_uncompress() parses a VJ-compressed TCP header by advancing a pointer through the packet via decode() and pull16(). Neither helper bounds-checks against isize, and decode() masks its return with & 0xffff so it can never return the -1 that callers test for -- those error paths are dead code. A short compressed frame whose change byte requests optional fields lets decode() read past the end of the packet. The over-read bytes are folded into the cached cstate and reflected into subsequent reconstructed packets. Make decode() and pull16() take the packet end pointer and return -1 when exhausted. Add a bounds check before the TCP-checksum read. The existing == -1 tests now do what they were always meant to.
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Linux 7.1 | earliest → < 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Linux 7.0 | earliest → < 7.0.10 | 7.0.10 |
| Linux 6.18 | earliest → < 6.18.33 | 6.18.33 |
| Linux 6.12 | earliest → < 6.12.91 | 6.12.91 |
| Linux 6.6 | earliest → < 6.6.141 | 6.6.141 |
| Linux 6.1 | earliest → < 6.1.175 | 6.1.175 |
| Linux 5.15 | earliest → < 5.15.209 | 5.15.209 |
| Linux 5.10 | earliest → < 5.10.258 | 5.10.258 |
| Linux | 2.6.12 | No fix stated |
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| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem | Versions not published |
References
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