Re: Backport RXRPC for 6.1.y from 6.2

[Jeffrey E Altman <jaltman@auristor.com>]

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On 5/10/2026 2:26 PM, Wentao Guan wrote:
>> I cannot easily check but it doesn't look like 6.1.179 is vulnerable to
> 6.1.179-> seem 6.1.172
>> CVE-2026-43500.
> FYI, to reproduce it, just runing a POC with CONFIG_AF_RXRPC + CONFIG_RXKAD,
> i am sure without CONFIG_RXKAD it is not affected in v6.1.172 with my test.
> POC: https://github.com/V4bel/dirtyfrag/blob/master/exp.c
> (run it with '--force-rxrpc' or remove CONFIG_INET_ESP)

RXRPC and RXKAD would be required to reproduce.   The POC does not 
attempt to try
the RXRPC case if the ESP case succeeds.  So the ESP case must be 
patched first or
disabled.

>> Please check.
> I will recheck it, i do many tests these days so I am 100% sure now,
> i will reply when i finish my tests with 6.1.172.
>
>> Please check.
> I am sure that some 5.10 or 6.1 version are vulnerable with our tests.
>
> BRs
> Wentao Guan
Back porting many years of RXRPC feature changes to fix this 
vulnerability if present
feels like the wrong thing to do.   If the vulnerability is present, we 
can try to find a

branch specific fix.

Jeffrey Altman



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