Answer in brief
CVE-2026-72330 records a High severity (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in net/tls: Consume empty data records in tls_sw_read_sock(). The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=662fbcec32f4af6bdcf5b4006b792ebe9543d945 <0867b0f2513ebc1c475af9898c97f4772a68d964 || >=662fbcec32f4af6bdcf5b4006b792ebe9543d945 <c6b440cf766a557b08d25f1b571b3d57d039686e || >=662fbcec32f4af6bdcf5b4006b792ebe9543d945 <e8a4c9fc437b16aef38f86ce3275677e36924259 || >=662fbcec32f4af6bdcf5b4006b792ebe9543d945 <ebc295ce343600c2d60c1e1e0c5d192080217457 || >=662fbcec32f4af6bdcf5b4006b792ebe9543d945 <3be28e2c9cd0230cb51fd4967df095273afd3848 | 0867b0f2513ebc1c475af9898c97f4772a68d964, c6b440cf766a557b08d25f1b571b3d57d039686e, e8a4c9fc437b16aef38f86ce3275677e36924259, ebc295ce343600c2d60c1e1e0c5d192080217457, 3be28e2c9cd0230cb51fd4967df095273afd3848 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 6.6 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Aug 15, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 17, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/tls: Consume empty data records in tls_sw_read_sock() A peer may send a zero-length TLS application_data record; TLS 1.3 explicitly permits these as a traffic-analysis countermeasure (RFC 8446, Section 5.1). After decryption such a record has full_len == 0. tls_sw_read_sock() hands it to the read_actor, which has no payload to consume and returns zero. The loop treats a zero return as backpressure (used <= 0), requeues the skb at the head of rx_list, and stops. rx_list is serviced head-first on the next call, so the empty record is dequeued, fails the same way, and is requeued again; every later record on the connection is blocked behind it. tls_sw_recvmsg() does not stall on this: a zero-length data record copies nothing and falls through to consume_skb(). Mirror that in the read_sock() path by recognizing an empty data record before the actor runs, consuming it, and continuing.
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