CVE-2026-43500

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Also unshare DATA/RESPONSE packets when paged frags are present The DATA-packet handler in rxrpc_input_call_event() and the RESPONSE handler in rxrpc_verify_response() copy the skb to a linear one before calling into the security ops only when skb_cloned() is true. An skb that is not cloned but still carries externally-owned paged fragments (e.g. SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG set by splice() into a UDP socket via __ip_append_data, or a chained skb_has_frag_list()) falls through to the in-place decryption path, which binds the frag pages directly into the AEAD/skcipher SGL via skb_to_sgvec(). Extend the gate to also unshare when skb_has_frag_list() or skb_has_shared_frag() is true. This catches the splice-loopback vector and other externally-shared frag sources while preserving the zero-copy fast path for skbs whose frags are kernel-private (e.g. NIC page_pool RX, GRO). The OOM/trace handling already in place is reused.

From the Tenable Blog

Dirty Frag (CVE-2026-43284,CVE-2026-43500): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation FAQ | Tenable®

Published: 2026-05-08

Dirty Frag (CVE-2026-43284, CVE-2026-43500) is a Linux kernel local privilege escalation exploit chain with a public PoC affecting major Linux distributions.

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Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Named Vulnerability: DirtyFragNamed Vulnerability: Dirty FragNamed Vulnerability: Copy Fail 2

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

EPSS

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Vulnerability of Interest