APPLIED: [SRU][R/Q/N/J][PATCH 0/4] CVE-2026-43284

[Edoardo Canepa]

Applied to R/Q/N/J:linux/master-next. Thanks.

On 5/8/26 17:42, Massimiliano Pellizzer wrote:
> https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-43284
>
> [ Impact ]
>
> xfrm: esp: avoid in-place decrypt on shared skb frags
>
> MSG_SPLICE_PAGES can attach pages from a pipe directly to an skb. TCP
> marks such skbs with SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG after skb_splice_from_iter(),
> so later paths that may modify packet data can first make a private
> copy. The IPv4/IPv6 datagram append paths did not set this flag when
> splicing pages into UDP skbs.
>
> That leaves an ESP-in-UDP packet made from shared pipe pages looking
> like an ordinary uncloned nonlinear skb. ESP input then takes the no-COW
> fast path for uncloned skbs without a frag_list and decrypts in place
> over data that is not owned privately by the skb.
>
> Mark IPv4/IPv6 datagram splice frags with SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG, matching
> TCP. Also make ESP input fall back to skb_cow_data() when the flag is
> present, so ESP does not decrypt externally backed frags in place.
> Private nonlinear skb frags still use the existing fast path.
>
> This intentionally does not change ESP output. In esp_output_head(),
> the path that appends the ESP trailer to existing skb tailroom without
> calling skb_cow_data() is not reachable for nonlinear skbs:
> skb_tailroom() returns zero when skb->data_len is nonzero, while ESP
> tailen is positive. Thus ESP output will either use the separate
> destination-frag path or fall back to skb_cow_data().
>
>
> [ Fix ]
>
> For N/Q/R cherry pick fix commit from upstream:
> - f4c50a4034e6 xfrm: esp: avoid in-place decrypt on shared skb frags
>
> For J cherry pick fix commit and followup from linux-5.15.y:
> - ab8b995323e52 xfrm: esp: avoid in-place decrypt on shared skb frags
> - fe785bb3a8096 xfrm: esp: ipv4: fix up flags setting
>
> [ Test Plan ]
>
> Compiled and boot tested.
> Tested using publicly available exploit.
> Tested using LTP ad-hoc test.
>
> [ Regression Potential ]
>
> The patch may cause unintended copy-on-write overhead,
> potentially degrading throughput for ESP-in-UDP workloads
> that previously used the zero-copy fast path.
>
> [ Other Info ]
>
> https://github.com/0xdeadbeefnetwork/Copy_Fail2-Electric_Boogaloo
>
>
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