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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2026-74282

Change History

New CVE Received from kernel.org 8/15/2026 2:22:27 AM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Description

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

tipc: prevent snt_unacked underflow on CONN_ACK

tipc_sk_conn_proto_rcv() subtracts the peer-supplied connection ack count
from the unsigned 16-bit send counter snt_unacked without checking that it
does not exceed the number of messages actually outstanding:

	tsk->snt_unacked -= msg_conn_ack(hdr);

msg_conn_ack() is read straight from a received CONN_MANAGER/CONN_ACK
message. If the ack count is larger than snt_unacked, the subtraction
wraps to a near-maximum value, leaving tsk_conn_cong() permanently true
and starving the connection of further transmits.

Validate the ACK count at the start of the CONN_ACK block and drop the
message if it acknowledges more messages than are outstanding. A peer (or,
for a local connection, the connected peer socket) can otherwise wedge a
TIPC connection's send side by sending an oversized connection ack.
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e2c956745777e6ffdee7f30da5935741c03ee1e
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3388145d258cf2c4c98278e3987296007d30672e
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cfa3d8e0dc167850edeb5bf5a07757db83fd54e
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47ed873e4ceda34098bd46d8e96b4bb13cad3a04
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67e55b054bf8025658dc0e255057f2a6236416bd
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96f91b8ae1a489b3eca137e7acf42cf985fb8939
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab3e10b44ba5411779aac7afd2477917dd77750f
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b44bebdd32c9ff66ee2aebfc317ced44bedd9335
Added Affected

                  
                
              
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