Improper input validation in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-63912
Published: July 20, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU138732
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-63912
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the ESP out-of-place fast path in net/ipv4/esp4.c and net/ipv6/esp6.c when processing packet data with a combined aligned data length and trailer length exceeding a page. A local user can trigger this condition to cause a denial of service.
The issue affects both IPv4 and IPv6 ESP processing paths.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-63912
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/322e48187e0245ab2fff6fec2220b0cae677dbec
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36519e3d941fc99d3b52c134dbaf311f987a4708
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/566295735530ee513326049b0540f32ec050bf2e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d7ab86e2b6bc23054616bf6ac562013bf60af8c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65f3b3fc2347b89fe21db1e92c7681368415f095
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b84091ceddc9f133229dceab3ccc930bf27f9cba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c093468aea8277f77272a4f199b2e15e19cabb59
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfa0d7b0ff1eb6b2c416b8fdb9b4f2cefba57a40