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CVE-2026-80847 (GCVE-0-2026-80847)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-04 15:54 – Updated: 2026-09-11 09:57
VLAI
Title
tcp: clamp route advmss to TCP_MIN_MSS
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: clamp route advmss to TCP_MIN_MSS tcp_select_initial_window() assumes that callers never pass an MSS smaller than 1, but route-derived advmss values can violate that assumption. A too-small explicit RTAX_ADVMSS is one way to get there, but it is not the only one. The same divide-by-zero can also be reached through the "default advmss" path when RTAX_ADVMSS is left at 0 and the effective advmss is later driven down by route MTU and min_adv_mss. Introduce a tcp_dst_advmss() helper that clamps route advmss to TCP_MIN_MSS before TCP consumes it, and use it in the TCP paths that derive advmss from dst metrics. This keeps the effective MSS from dropping to zero before tcp_select_initial_window() rounds the receive window.
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No CVSS data available.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < cfb44c6028e6f979720315e0772bbd0d4d33ed61 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 6b8c20bf61924dfc38fefb145c9f7406d73fae53 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 31cf2349361902769dc323e4dbf4b449795ec288 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 870a9e42ecc6fe1b8c25d87af043cb0d9c178fe1 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 2.6.12
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.12 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.51 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.13 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2.3 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.3-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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