{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-45842", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-05-13T15:03:33.078Z", "datePublished": "2026-05-27T09:24:42.637Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-06-14T17:46:17.557Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-06-14T17:46:17.557Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nslip: reject VJ receive packets on instances with no rstate array\n\nslhc_init() accepts rslots == 0 as a valid configuration, with the\ndocumented meaning of 'no receive compression'. In that case the\nallocation loop in slhc_init() is skipped, so comp->rstate stays\nNULL and comp->rslot_limit stays 0 (from the kzalloc of struct\nslcompress).\n\nThe receive helpers do not defend against that configuration.\nslhc_uncompress() dereferences comp->rstate[x] when the VJ header\ncarries an explicit connection ID, and slhc_remember() later assigns\ncs = &comp->rstate[...] after only comparing the packet's slot number\nto comp->rslot_limit. Because rslot_limit is 0, slot 0 passes the\nrange check, and the code dereferences a NULL rstate.\n\nThe configuration is reachable in-tree through PPP. PPPIOCSMAXCID\nstores its argument in a signed int, and (val >> 16) uses arithmetic\nshift. Passing 0xffff0000 therefore sign-extends to -1, so val2 + 1\nis 0 and ppp_generic.c ends up calling slhc_init(0, 1). Because\n/dev/ppp open is gated by ns_capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN), the whole path\nis reachable from an unprivileged user namespace. Once the malformed\nVJ state is installed, any inbound VJ-compressed or VJ-uncompressed\nframe that selects slot 0 crashes the kernel in softirq context:\n\n Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical\n address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI\n KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]\n RIP: 0010:slhc_uncompress (drivers/net/slip/slhc.c:519)\n Call Trace:\n \n ppp_receive_nonmp_frame (drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:2466)\n ppp_input (drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:2359)\n ppp_async_process (drivers/net/ppp/ppp_async.c:492)\n tasklet_action_common (kernel/softirq.c:926)\n handle_softirqs (kernel/softirq.c:623)\n run_ksoftirqd (kernel/softirq.c:1055)\n smpboot_thread_fn (kernel/smpboot.c:160)\n kthread (kernel/kthread.c:436)\n ret_from_fork (arch/x86/kernel/process.c:164)\n \n\nReject the receive side on such instances instead of touching rstate.\nslhc_uncompress() falls through to its existing 'bad' label, which\nbumps sls_i_error and enters the toss state. slhc_remember() mirrors\nthat with an explicit sls_i_error increment followed by slhc_toss();\nthe sls_i_runt counter is not used here because a missing rstate is\nan internal configuration state, not a runt packet.\n\nThe transmit path is unaffected: the only in-tree caller that picks\nrslots from userspace (ppp_generic.c) still supplies tslots >= 1, and\nslip.c always calls slhc_init(16, 16), so comp->tstate remains valid\nand slhc_compress() continues to work." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/slip/slhc.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "4ab42d78e37a294ac7bc56901d563c642e03c4ae", "lessThan": "3d71c961febddd855d3ae9a519eeb96c8023f430", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "4ab42d78e37a294ac7bc56901d563c642e03c4ae", "lessThan": "72304fec672e8aac9ee7b9c475db96b37cca8d8d", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "4ab42d78e37a294ac7bc56901d563c642e03c4ae", "lessThan": "4aa9eca6fda2919027dfd7a7cc69334982d89586", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "4ab42d78e37a294ac7bc56901d563c642e03c4ae", "lessThan": "c6980e8b1a86288167f34966fa5219031999b6f1", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "4ab42d78e37a294ac7bc56901d563c642e03c4ae", "lessThan": "de42f86e2cf5028a97e74c25869d1a962b13c301", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "4ab42d78e37a294ac7bc56901d563c642e03c4ae", "lessThan": "9e1ff0eead073c4f46d874ad2526b7dda5465faf", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "4ab42d78e37a294ac7bc56901d563c642e03c4ae", "lessThan": "7b0d9e878ec2b21d99ae8051b3dda59cdb66c152", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "4ab42d78e37a294ac7bc56901d563c642e03c4ae", "lessThan": "e76607442d5b73e1ba6768f501ef815bb58c2c0e", 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