CVE-2026-53003

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However, the generic PPP layer\nfunction ppp_input() is not aware of the negotiation result, and still\naccepts PFC frames.\n\nIf a peer with a broken implementation or an attacker sends a frame with\na compressed (1-byte) protocol field, the subsequent PPP payload is\nshifted by one byte. This causes the network header to be 4-byte\nmisaligned, which may trigger unaligned access exceptions on some\narchitectures.\n\nTo reduce the attack surface, drop PPPoE PFC frames. Introduce\nppp_skb_is_compressed_proto() helper function to be used in both\nppp_generic.c and pppoe.c to avoid open-coding."}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "baseScore": 7.5, "baseSeverity": "HIGH"}, "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "AV:N - Crafted PPPoE session frames reach the vulnerable path through the kernel receive path for ETH_P_PPP_SES network packets. 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