Bug 2559730 (CVE-2026-99059) - CVE-2026-99059 kernel: wireguard: noise: reject response consumption after intermediate initiation
Summary: CVE-2026-99059 kernel: wireguard: noise: reject response consumption after in...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-99059
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
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Reported: 2026-10-23 13:25 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-27 03:31 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-23 13:25:14 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wireguard: noise: reject response consumption after intermediate initiation

Two threads begin processing the identical response message, received
twice. The first thread, A, runs. While it's running, the second one,
B, gets partway through, and during that slow calculation, or even while
blocking on down_write(), A completes and then also a handshake
initiation that's already been queued up runs in thread C, which itself
takes that same down_write(). The handshake initiation creation
succeeds, and sets the state back to waiting-for-response, and calls
up_write(), at which point thread B resumes, because either its finished
its calculations or was finally allowed to acquire down_write(). Thread
B then copies the state back to the peer, and begins a new session,
using that state, which is the same session as the one made in thread A.

Thread A			Thread B			Thread C

down_read()
 sA = handshake->state
 memcpy(cA, handshake->crypto)
up_read()
if (sA != 1)
 goto fail
slow_crypto(cA)
				down_read()
				 sB = handshake->state
				 memcpy(cB, handshake->crypto)
				up_read()
				if (sB != 1)
				 goto fail
				slow_crypto(cB)
down_write()
 if (sA != handshake->state)
  goto fail
 memcpy(handshake->crypto, cA)
 handshake->state = 2
up_write()
down_write()
 if (handshake->state != 2)
  goto fail
 derive_session(handshake->crypto)
up_write()
								down_write()
								 slow_crypto(handshake->crypto)
								 handshake->state = 1
								up_write()
				down_write()
				 if (sB != handshake->state)
				   goto fail
				 memcpy(handshake->crypto, cB)
				 handshake->state = 2
				up_write()
				down_write()
				 if (handshake->state != 2)
				  goto fail
				 derive_session(handshake->crypto)
				up_write()

This seems basically impossible to hit in a meaningful way in practice,
but ensure that it absolutely cannot happen by comparing the ephemeral
private key that's on the stack with the latest one that the peer's
handshake state has.


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