Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: 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().

Weaknesses 1

Affected Products 7

References 17

• openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/08/7
  Mailing List
• openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/13/6
• openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/14/2
• openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/14/4
• git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50ed1e7873100f77abad20fd31c51029bc49cd03
  Patch
• git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52646cbd00e765a6db9c3afe9535f26218276034
  Patch
• git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d55c7336f8032d434adcc5fab987ccc93a44aec
  Patch
• git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71a1d9d985d26716f74d21f18ee8cac821b06e97
  Patch
• git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8253aab4659ca16116b522203c2a6b18dccacea7
• git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6cb440f274a22456ef3e86b457344f1678f38f9
  Patch
• git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab8b995323e5237041472d07e5055f5f7dcdf15b
  Patch
• git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b54edf1e9a3fd3491bdcb82a21f8d21315271e0d
  Patch
• git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4c50a4034e62ab75f1d5cdd191dd5f9c77fdff4
• git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe785bb3a8096dffcc4048a85cd0c83337eeecad
• github.com https://github.com/V4bel/dirtyfrag
  ExploitThird Party Advisory
• vicarius.io https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-43284-detection-script-dirty-frag-linux-kernel-local-privilege-escalation
• vicarius.io https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2026-43284-mitigation-script-dirty-frag-linux-kernel-local-privilege-escalation

Remediation

• git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50ed1e7873100f77abad20fd31c51029bc49cd03
  Patch
• git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52646cbd00e765a6db9c3afe9535f26218276034
  Patch
• git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d55c7336f8032d434adcc5fab987ccc93a44aec
  Patch
• git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71a1d9d985d26716f74d21f18ee8cac821b06e97
  Patch
• git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6cb440f274a22456ef3e86b457344f1678f38f9
  Patch
• git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab8b995323e5237041472d07e5055f5f7dcdf15b
  Patch
• git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b54edf1e9a3fd3491bdcb82a21f8d21315271e0d
  Patch