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).
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References8
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/23c0e230eab397d7f68be2538790ac41d3bb91fd Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/679e13a65e68a67c8b3c0467c02ee89157ec6f0f Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d00f5c7e5ff7ec4795b7f5f8ed88bd346641652 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/79495a1b0944fe31ffd54b54b00211b493590d62 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d15130461df388136b62a7b0ce9f66e7e2fa9ff1 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d55acbe577db892b60547b6ef1c020b359331a6d Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd7306779c6ce1238f4cdc34f3c1f2246b854457 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e68842b3356471ba56c882209f324613dac47f64 Patch
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.1
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 29 · as of 14 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-190
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