Bug 2528650 (CVE-2026-80847) - CVE-2026-80847 kernel: tcp: clamp route advmss to TCP_MIN_MSS
Summary: CVE-2026-80847 kernel: tcp: clamp route advmss to TCP_MIN_MSS
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-80847
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-09-04 16:16 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-11-01 07:03 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-04 16:16:23 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tcp: clamp route advmss to TCP_MIN_MSS

tcp_select_initial_window() assumes that callers never pass an MSS
smaller than 1, but route-derived advmss values can violate that
assumption.

A too-small explicit RTAX_ADVMSS is one way to get there, but it is not
the only one. The same divide-by-zero can also be reached through the
"default advmss" path when RTAX_ADVMSS is left at 0 and the effective
advmss is later driven down by route MTU and min_adv_mss.

Introduce a tcp_dst_advmss() helper that clamps route advmss to
TCP_MIN_MSS before TCP consumes it, and use it in the TCP paths that
derive advmss from dst metrics. This keeps the effective MSS from
dropping to zero before tcp_select_initial_window() rounds the receive
window.


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