CVE-2026-43411: tipc: fix divide-by-zero in tipc_sk_filter_connect()

Published May 8, 2026
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Updated

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tipc: fix divide-by-zero in tipcskfilterconnect()

A user can set conntimeout to any value via setsockopt(TIPCCONNTIMEOUT), including values less than 4. When a SYN is rejected with TIPCERROVERLOAD and the retry path in tipcskfilterconnect() executes:

delay %= (tsk->conntimeout / 4);

If conntimeout is in the range [0, 3], the integer division yields 0, and the modulo operation triggers a divide-by-zero exception, causing a kernel oops/panic.

Fix this by clamping conntimeout to a minimum of 4 at the point of use in tipcskfilterconnect().

Oops: divide error: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 119 Comm: poc-F144 Not tainted 7.0.0-rc2+ RIP: 0010:tipcskfilterrcv (net/tipc/socket.c:2236 net/tipc/socket.c:2362) Call Trace: tipcskbacklogrcv (include/linux/instrumented.h:82 include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:32 include/net/sock.h:2357 net/tipc/socket.c:2406) releasesock (include/net/sock.h:1185 net/core/sock.c:3213) releasesock (net/core/sock.c:3797) tipcconnect (net/tipc/socket.c:2570) sysconnect (include/linux/file.h:62 include/linux/file.h:83 net/socket.c:2098)

Affected Software

11 affected components
Linux Linux kernel
Linux Linux kernel>=4.20<5.10.253
Linux Linux kernel>=5.11<5.15.203
Linux Linux kernel>=5.16<6.1.167
Linux Linux kernel>=6.2<6.6.130
Linux Linux kernel>=6.7<6.12.78
Linux Linux kernel>=6.13<6.18.19
Linux Linux kernel>=6.19<6.19.9
Linux Linux kernel=7.0-rc1
Linux Linux kernel=7.0-rc2
Linux Linux kernel=7.0-rc3

Event History

May 8, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·02:21 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·02:21 PM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·03:16 PM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

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