CVE-2026-63925

Status: UPDATED  |  Advisory ID: CVE-2026-63925

Key Details

Affected Products, Subsystems & Sectors

What to Know

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

macsec: fix replay protection at XPN lower-PN wrap

In macsec_post_decrypt(), when pn is U32_MAX, pn + 1 overflows u32 to 0

and the first branch never fires. If next_pn_halves.lower is also in the

upper half, pn_same_half(pn, lower) is true and the XPN else-if does not

fire either, leaving next_pn_halves unchanged. An attacker that captures

the legitimate frame carrying pn == 0xFFFFFFFF on an XPN association

can then replay it indefinitely, since lowest_pn never rises above

the captured pn and macsec_decrypt() reconstructs the same IV.

Extend the XPN else-if to also fire when pn + 1 wraps to 0, so receipt

of pn == U32_MAX advances next_pn_halves to (upper + 1, 0). (NVD)

What to Do

Monitor Linux's web page for any future patch releases.

References