Bug 2513437 (CVE-2026-68297) - CVE-2026-68297 kernel: tipc: fix u16 MTU truncation in media and bearer MTU validation
Summary: CVE-2026-68297 kernel: tipc: fix u16 MTU truncation in media and bearer MTU v...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-68297
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-10 12:37 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-11 12:36 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-10 12:37:17 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tipc: fix u16 MTU truncation in media and bearer MTU validation

Both TIPC_NL_MEDIA_SET and TIPC_NL_BEARER_SET accept user-supplied
MTU values but only enforce a minimum bound, not a maximum. When a user
sets the MTU to a value exceeding U16_MAX (65535), it passes validation
but is silently truncated when assigned to u16 fields l->mtu and
l->advertised_mtu in tipc_link_create(). Values like 65536 (0x10000)
truncate to 0, causing a division by zero in tipc_link_set_queue_limits()
which computes TIPC_MAX_PUBL / (l->mtu / ITEM_SIZE). Other overflowing
values (e.g. 65537-131071) produce small incorrect MTU values, resulting
in link malfunction behaviors.

Crash stack (triggered as unprivileged user via user namespace):

  tipc_link_set_queue_limits  net/tipc/link.c:2531
  tipc_link_create            net/tipc/link.c:520
  tipc_node_check_dest        net/tipc/node.c:1279
  tipc_disc_rcv               net/tipc/discover.c:252
  tipc_rcv                    net/tipc/node.c:2129
  tipc_udp_recv               net/tipc/udp_media.c:392

Two independent paths lack the upper bound check:
1. tipc_udp_mtu_bad() -- called from __tipc_nl_media_set() (MEDIA_SET)
2. inline check in __tipc_nl_bearer_set() at bearer.c:1160 (BEARER_SET)

Fix both by rejecting MTU values above U16_MAX.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-08-11 12:34:34 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081029-CVE-2026-68297-3b40@gregkh/T


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