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CVE-2026-68354

criticalCVSS 9.8covered by 2 sourcesfirst seen 2026-08-10
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firewire: net: Fix fragmented datagram reassembly fwnet_frag_new() keeps a sorted list of received fragments for a partial datagram. When a new fragment is adjacent to an existing fragment, the code checks whether the new fragment also closes the gap to the next or previous list entry. Those neighbor lookups currently assume that the current fragment always has a real next or previous fragment. At a list edge, the next or previous entry is the list head, not a struct fwnet_fragment_info. The gap checks also compare against the old edge of the current fragment instead of the edge after adding the new fragment. As a result, a fragment that bridges two existing ranges may leave two adjacent ranges unmerged, so fwnet_pd_is_complete() can miss a complete datagram. Check for the list head before looking up the neighboring fragment, and compare the neighbor against the new fragment's far edge when deciding whether to merge all three ranges. This issue was found by a static analysis checker and confirmed by manual source review.

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What
Fragmented datagram reassembly issue in FireWire networking allows memory corruption.
Who is affected
Systems with FireWire networking enabled that accept external FireWire traffic.
Urgency
Critical; CVSS 9.8 with network attack vector; memory corruption can lead to arbitrary code execution.
Action
Update to a patched kernel version immediately.

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