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critical 9.8

CVE-2026-63912 in the critical feed json

xfrm: esp: restore combined single-frag length gate

published 3mo ago modified 12d ago also EUVD-2026-45685

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

xfrm: esp: restore combined single-frag length gate

The ESP out-of-place fast path appends the trailer in esp_output_head() before esp_output_tail() allocates the destination page frag. The head-side gate currently checks skb->data_len and tailen separately, but the tail code allocates a single destination frag from the combined post-trailer skb->data_len.

Reject the page-frag fast path when the combined aligned length exceeds a page. Otherwise skb_page_frag_refill() may fall back to a single page while the destination sg still spans the combined skb->data_len.

Restore this combined-length page gate for both IPv4 and IPv6.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 4.15, 4.20, 5.5, 5.10.259, 5.15.210, 5.18, 6.1.176, 6.6.143, 6.12.93, 6.18.35, 7.0.12, 7.1
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.176-1
  • linux Debian 13 6.12.94-1
  • linux Debian 14 7.0.12-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-63912

  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-194.204
  • linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-142.142
  • linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-28.28
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1116.123
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1065.68
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1009.9
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1117.127
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1069.77

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-63912

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  • kernel RHEL 9 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8
  • rv RHEL 9 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8
  • perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8
  • rtla RHEL 9 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8
  • libperf RHEL 9 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8
  • kernel-rt RHEL 9 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8
  • kernel-64k RHEL 9 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8
  • kernel-core RHEL 9 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:43307

  • kernel-livepatch-SLE16_Update_5 SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 12-160000.1.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE16_Update_9 SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 8-160000.1.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE16_Update_0 SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 19-160000.4.3
  • kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_18 Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 11-1.1
  • kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_15 Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 12-1.1
  • kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_14 Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 13-1.1
  • kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_13 Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 13-1.1
  • kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_12 Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 17-1.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:24107-1SUSE-SU-2026:24108-1SUSE-SU-2026:24174-1SUSE-SU-2026:24175-1SUSE-SU-2026:24106-1SUSE-SU-2026:24173-1

  • kernel-rt openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.37.1
  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.37.1
  • kernel-64kb openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.37.1
  • kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.37.1
  • kernel-azure openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.37.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.37.1
  • kernel-source openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.37.1
  • kernel-default openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.37.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21555-1

  • kernel AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8
  • rv AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8
  • perf AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8
  • rtla AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8
  • libperf AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8
  • kernel-rt AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8
  • kernel-64k AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8
  • kernel-core AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:43307

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-63912 updated cvss 9.8

kernel: xfrm: esp: restore combined single-frag length gate

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +12 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) rv 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8, perf 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8, rtla 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8, python3-perf 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) kernel 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8, kernel-64k 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8, kernel-core 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8, kernel-tools 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8, kernel-modules 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-core 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8, +27 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) libperf 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-64k 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-64k-core 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8, +14 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-687.29.1.el9_8, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:43307
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
26d ago

Exploit prediction

0.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
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References

Sources

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