netfilter: synproxy: fix unaligned memory access in timestamp adjustment
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: synproxy: fix unaligned memory access in timestamp adjustment Use get_unaligned_be32() and put_unaligned_be32() to safely read and write the timestamp fields. This prevents performance degradation due to unaligned memory access or even a crash on strict alignment architectures. This follows the implementation of timestamp parsing in the networking stack at tcp_parse_options() and synproxy_parse_options().
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-80637
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h35g-h9xw-jfv9
- 2026-10-18 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-18 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@95cda0446f51077c343fdd8264be2737eb25a6c3 · CNA
- 2026-10-21 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-28 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@b30a2d56ee47282f6a46cb2f50e315b2414851fe · CNA
- 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-11-07 EPSS moved to the below the 50th percentile
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b30a2d56ee47282f6a46cb2f50e315b2414851fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95cda0446f51077c343fdd8264be2737eb25a6c3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b8e7aaa38002d8ee2f48d87b1f392eadd8e98c4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c9c67cf7a3d16051dfb90e98836f530964dfb8e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea3d2caa5bfacf5db5c1cad521ca5d9144edd9a7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/992c20bc8a4aba220c8b95b467d049289778dad6
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Sources
- CVE-2026-80637 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-80637 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h35g-h9xw-jfv9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-80637 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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