Bug 2516908 (CVE-2026-74282) - CVE-2026-74282 kernel: tipc: prevent snt_unacked underflow on CONN_ACK
Summary: CVE-2026-74282 kernel: tipc: prevent snt_unacked underflow on CONN_ACK
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-74282
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:39 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-20 14:12 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:39:46 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tipc: prevent snt_unacked underflow on CONN_ACK

tipc_sk_conn_proto_rcv() subtracts the peer-supplied connection ack count
from the unsigned 16-bit send counter snt_unacked without checking that it
does not exceed the number of messages actually outstanding:

	tsk->snt_unacked -= msg_conn_ack(hdr);

msg_conn_ack() is read straight from a received CONN_MANAGER/CONN_ACK
message. If the ack count is larger than snt_unacked, the subtraction
wraps to a near-maximum value, leaving tsk_conn_cong() permanently true
and starving the connection of further transmits.

Validate the ACK count at the start of the CONN_ACK block and drop the
message if it acknowledges more messages than are outstanding. A peer (or,
for a local connection, the connected peer socket) can otherwise wedge a
TIPC connection's send side by sending an oversized connection ack.


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