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CVE-2026-63925

HIGH
8.1
CVSS 3.1
Description
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).

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-63925
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Reserved
2026-07-19 07:54 UTC
Published
2026-07-19 14:55 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-20 13:41 UTC
Vendor / Product
Linux / Linux
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

8.1 HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Affected products (2)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Linux Linux a21ecf0e033807b976967286e6c392f48ee2049f < dd7306779c6ce1238f4cdc34f3c1f2246b854457, a21ecf0e033807b976967286e6c392f48ee2049f < d15130461df388136b62a7b0ce9f66e7e2fa9ff1, a21ecf0e033807b976967286e6c392f48ee2049f < 23c0e230eab397d7f68be2538790ac41d3bb91fd, a21ecf0e033807b976967286e6c392f48ee2049f < 679e13a65e68a67c8b3c0467c02ee89157ec6f0f …
Linux Linux 5.7, 0 < 5.7, 5.10.259 ≤ 5.10.*, 5.15.210 ≤ 5.15.* …
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
8.1 HIGH 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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