Bug 2525460 (CVE-2026-80637)

Summary: CVE-2026-80637 kernel: netfilter: synproxy: fix unaligned memory access in timestamp adjustment
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's netfilter synproxy component. This vulnerability is due to unaligned memory access when adjusting timestamp fields. An attacker could potentially trigger this flaw by sending specially crafted network traffic, leading to performance degradation or a system crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-28 07:46:08 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: synproxy: fix unaligned memory access in timestamp adjustment

Use get_unaligned_be32() and put_unaligned_be32() to safely read and
write the timestamp fields. This prevents performance degradation due to
unaligned memory access or even a crash on strict alignment
architectures.

This follows the implementation of timestamp parsing in the networking
stack at tcp_parse_options() and synproxy_parse_options().
Comment 1 gkamathe 2026-09-01 06:19:00 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026082840-CVE-2026-80637-4cf0@gregkh/T