Vulnerability · Published May 27, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-46000rxrpc: Fix conn-level packet handling to unshare RESPONSE packets

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 94.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix conn-level packet handling to unshare RESPONSE packets The security operations that verify the RESPONSE packets decrypt bits of it in place - however, the sk_buff may be shared with a packet sniffer, which would lead to the sniffer seeing an apparently corrupt packet (actually decrypted). Fix this by handing a copy of the packet off to the specific security handler if the packet was cloned.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linuxno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-46000
Debian:13linux6.12.88-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46000
Debian:14linux7.0.4-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-124.124USN-8373-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-124.124UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:25.10linux6.17.0-35.35USN-8371-1
Ubuntu:25.10linux6.17.0-35.35UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux7.0.0-22.22USN-8370-1
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux7.0.0-22.22UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1057.60USN-8373-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1057.60UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:25.10linux-aws6.17.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:25.10linux-aws6.17.0-1017.17USN-8371-1
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-aws7.0.0-1006.6UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-aws7.0.0-1006.6USN-8370-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.176.17.0-1017.17~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.176.17.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-8374-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1057.60~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1057.60~22.04.1USN-8373-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1058.64UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1058.64USN-8373-1
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure6.17.0-1017.17USN-8371-1
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure6.17.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure7.0.0-1007.7USN-8461-1
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure7.0.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.176.17.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-8371-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.176.17.0-1017.17~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1059.65~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde6.8.0-1058.65UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde7.0.0-1006.6UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.86.8.0-1058.65~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1060.63UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1060.63USN-8373-1
Ubuntu:25.10linux-gcp6.17.0-1018.19UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:25.10linux-gcp6.17.0-1018.19USN-8374-1
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gcp7.0.0-1005.5USN-8370-1
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gcp7.0.0-1005.5UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.176.17.0-1018.19~24.04.1USN-8374-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.176.17.0-1018.19~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1060.63~22.04.1USN-8373-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1060.63~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1055.61USN-8373-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1055.61UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1042.45UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1042.45USN-8373-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.176.17.0-35.35~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.176.17.0-35.35~24.04.1USN-8371-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-124.124~22.04.1USN-8373-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-124.124~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-7.07.0.0-28.28~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1057.58USN-8373-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1057.58UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibm7.0.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibm7.0.0-1007.7USN-8370-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1057.58~22.04.1USN-8373-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1057.58~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotgno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-134.134.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-134.134.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1055.58UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1055.58USN-8373-1
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia7.0.0-1009.9USN-8370-1
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia7.0.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.176.17.0-1021.21UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.176.17.0-1021.21USN-8371-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1055.58~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1055.58~22.04.1USN-8373-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1055.58.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1055.58.1USN-8373-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1026.26UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1026.26USN-8373-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.176.17.0-1024.24USN-8371-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.176.17.0-1024.24UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oem-7.07.0.0-1008.8USN-8489-1
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oem-7.07.0.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1054.55UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1054.55USN-8373-1
Ubuntu:25.10linux-oracle6.17.0-1016.16UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:25.10linux-oracle6.17.0-1016.16USN-8371-1
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oracle7.0.0-1005.5USN-8370-1
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oracle7.0.0-1005.5UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.176.17.0-1016.16~24.04.1USN-8371-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.176.17.0-1016.16~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1054.55~22.04.1USN-8373-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1054.55~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1057.61UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1057.61USN-8373-1
Ubuntu:25.10linux-raspi6.17.0-1018.18USN-8371-1
Ubuntu:25.10linux-raspi6.17.0-1018.18UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-raspi7.0.0-1011.11USN-8370-1
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-raspi7.0.0-1011.11UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:25.10linux-realtime6.17.0-1014.16UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:25.10linux-realtime6.17.0-1014.16USN-8371-1
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-realtime7.0.0-22.22.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-realtime7.0.0-22.22.1USN-8370-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:25.10linux-riscv6.17.0-35.35.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-riscv7.0.0-22.22.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.176.17.0-35.35.1~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-124.124~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1032.33UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46000

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 17926a79320afa9b95df6b977b40cca6d8713cea – before ae19f6a54206534a85830dd92985f5f41441d24117926a79320afa9b95df6b977b40cca6d8713cea – before c0428a22daf69714dc042b67ea759956b74c74e517926a79320afa9b95df6b977b40cca6d8713cea – before 98a2046d155f73f6cf5d2c493c5e09b4963e2e1217926a79320afa9b95df6b977b40cca6d8713cea – before ca71ac2de389b01eecdc48bfafbdf073ec23204417926a79320afa9b95df6b977b40cca6d8713cea – before d9b93a0f57ca5f6831bfaa34014b6cd705564a0017926a79320afa9b95df6b977b40cca6d8713cea – before 24481a7f573305706054c59e275371f8d0fe919f
Linux Linux 2.6.22

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