Not yet scoredPublished Sep 4, 2026

CVE-2026-80846xfrm: drop ESP-in-TCP packets with no ingress device

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 6:00 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: drop ESP-in-TCP packets with no ingress device ESP-in-TCP receives records through the TCP strparser. handle_esp() restores skb->dev from the saved skb_iif before passing the packet into the XFRM input path. Queued TCP data can be processed after the original ingress device has been removed, for example during veth or net namespace teardown. In that case dev_get_by_index_rcu() returns NULL. The XFRM IPv4 and IPv6 input paths both expect skb->dev to be valid while building the route lookup, so queued ESP-in-TCP data can dereference a NULL device. Drop the packet if the saved ingress device can no longer be resolved. Such a packet can no longer be routed through the normal XFRM receive path, and this preserves the existing behaviour for packets whose ingress device still exists.

CVSS: Not yet scored
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Received
Record last updated: Oct 19, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 before 239d0f71af09dc2029fd4d730cb24b8c83aaa43a; from e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 before f00235f9d12301183d61f75fbe4105506f3e5140; from e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 before 6af5cdb03819a5ce6e945992635c6c5e91045367; from e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 before 2dd1609cadff46c4b20ce53b91ab9cce1380456a; from e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 before c296d25efbc840be24de83f56d43bc47e714ace9; from e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 before 328e40aa774b446969c69b654c52a051a95af8a1; from e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 before 7911e0236616487b89db6bd3ba3f408abd10eb23; from e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 before 943d95233b8b4a88994e244fcf466f8c403d63f1; and 1 more ranges	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/239d0f71af09dc2029fd4d730cb24b8c83aaa43a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f00235f9d12301183d61f75fbe4105506f3e5140
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6af5cdb03819a5ce6e945992635c6c5e91045367
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2dd1609cadff46c4b20ce53b91ab9cce1380456a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c296d25efbc840be24de83f56d43bc47e714ace9
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/328e40aa774b446969c69b654c52a051a95af8a1
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7911e0236616487b89db6bd3ba3f408abd10eb23
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/943d95233b8b4a88994e244fcf466f8c403d63f1
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1d7c5ac1c246ce5775f604515de0a59fbf2116e

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