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TI-2026-56016 Aliases CVE-2026-81003GHSA-5r93-38xq-57mx

net/iucv: filter frames in afiucv_hs_rcv() by ingress device

Priority LOW 35Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 10 fixed, 6 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: net/iucv: filter frames in afiucv_hs_rcv() by ingress device afiucv_hs_rcv() selects a socket from iucv_sk_list by matching four 8-byte name fields in the transport header alone. No check is made against the net_device the frame arrived on. This can cause a frame arriving on any netdev to be delivered to an AF_IUCV socket. Three problems follow. First, a frame arriving over HiperSockets can be delivered to a socket bound to the classic z/VM IUCV transport, which has iucv->hs_dev == NULL. iucv_sock_bind() takes the classic path whenever the requested userid matches iucv_userid, even on a guest that also has a HiperSockets device carrying the same identifier. The child socket created by afiucv_hs_callback_syn() for such a match inherits hs_dev = NULL and transport = AF_IUCV_TRANS_HIPER, so the first send() on it returns -ENODEV. The socket delivered to accept() is unusable. Second, a frame arriving on one netdev can be delivered to a socket bound to a different IQD device. Which can lead to - Accept-queue exhaustion (DoS) - Attacker-controlled peer identity in the child socket - Data injection into existing sockets - Fabric noise on the IQD fabric, where bogus replies are sent - killing established connections Third, all AF_IUCV sockets live in init_net, as iucv_sock_alloc() calls sk_alloc(&init_net, ...). But even frames arriving on netdev devices in a namespace can be delivered to an IUCV socket. So a process in an unprivileged user and network namespace holding only the CAP_NET_RAW capability valid within that namespace can send a raw ETH_P_AF_IUCV frame on its own lo device and have it matched against init_net sockets. Fix all three by skipping any socket whose hs_dev does not match the ingress device. A classic z/VM IUCV socket has hs_dev == NULL; the ingress dev is never NULL, so classic sockets are skipped automatically. An unbound HIPER socket also has hs_dev == NULL and is skipped. A bound HIPER socket is only reachable from the exact IQD device it was bound to. Because hs_dev is always a device in init_net (iucv_sock_bind() scans for_each_netdev_rcu(&init_net, ...) exclusively), a frame whose ingress device belongs to another namespace never matches any socket. Note that AF_IUCV over HiperSockets provides no per-connection authentication: no sequence numbers, no TLS, no nonce. The four name fields identifying a connection are exchanged in plaintext on the shared HiperSockets segment (VCHID). Any host on the same HiperSockets segment could spoof any frame type against an existing connection. That is a protocol-level property unchanged by this patch. The fix reduces the attack surface to peers present on the same HiperSockets segment.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00309 23rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188 +5Red Hat: 4 advisoriesRed Hat: 10 fixed, 6 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux3.2 and later5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4, 7.3Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 3.2 and later Fixed in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4, 7.3 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4, 7.3

Red Hat 4 advisories

  • RHSA-2026:89197 Released 2026-10-27 · Red Hat rating Critical
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.22.20 bug fix and security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22 rhcos-aarch64-4.22.9.8.202610241758-0, rhcos-ppc64le-4.22.9.8.202610241758-0, rhcos-s390x-4.22.9.8.202610241758-0 +1
  • RHSA-2026:89083 Released 2026-10-24 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) bpftool-4.18.0-553.178.1.el8_10, kernel-4.18.0-553.178.1.el8_10, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-553.178.1.el8_10 +19
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-553.178.1.el8_10
  • RHSA-2026:89082 Released 2026-10-24 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel-rt security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt-4.18.0-553.178.1.rt7.519.el8_10, kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-553.178.1.rt7.519.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-553.178.1.rt7.519.el8_10 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8) kernel-rt-4.18.0-553.178.1.rt7.519.el8_10, kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-553.178.1.rt7.519.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-553.178.1.rt7.519.el8_10 +7
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  • RHSA-2026:83156 Released 2026-10-14 · Red Hat rating Important
    kernel security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) kernel-64k-debug-devel-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-devel-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8 +12
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) kernel-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-core-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8 +28
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, libperf-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) kernel-rt-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-64k-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-64k-core-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8 +21
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8 +9

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Affected—
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2026:83156
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2026:89083
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2026:83156
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2026:89083
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2026:83156
Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2026:89082
Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2026:89082
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2026:83156
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2026:83156
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22Fixed RHSA-2026:89197

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-81003
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5r93-38xq-57mx
  3. 2026-10-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  4. 2026-10-07 CVSS score added · Red Hat
  5. 2026-10-16 Fix available: RHSA-2026:83156 · Red Hat
  6. 2026-10-16 Fix available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9), Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9), Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) +2 · Red Hat
  7. 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
  8. 2026-10-26 Fix available: RHSA-2026:89083 · Red Hat
  9. 2026-10-26 Fix available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8), Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) · Red Hat
  10. 2026-10-26 Fix available: RHSA-2026:89082 · Red Hat
  11. 2026-10-26 Fix available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8), Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8) · Red Hat
  12. 2026-10-28 Fix available: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.22 · Red Hat
  13. 2026-10-29 Fix available: RHSA-2026:89197 · Red Hat
  14. 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  15. 2026-11-03 CVSS score changed · Red Hat

References

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-02452 Incorrect authorization in Ubuntu linux kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
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