When the PCM sample array needs to grow, the RACK stack doubles a 16-bit allocation counter. Repeated doublings caused the counter to wrap to zero, resulting in a near-zero-length allocation followed by a copy of the existing samples into the undersized buffer. A remote peer can trigger the expansion by sending a sufficient number of ACKs on an established connection.

A remote attacker who can establish a TCP connection to a system using the RACK stack can trigger an out-of-bounds write of approximately 512 KB in the kernel heap possibly resulting in a kernel panic.
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Description When the PCM sample array needs to grow, the RACK stack doubles a 16-bit allocation counter. Repeated doublings caused the counter to wrap to zero, resulting in a near-zero-length allocation followed by a copy of the existing samples into the undersized buffer. A remote peer can trigger the expansion by sending a sufficient number of ACKs on an established connection. A remote attacker who can establish a TCP connection to a system using the RACK stack can trigger an out-of-bounds write of approximately 512 KB in the kernel heap possibly resulting in a kernel panic.
Title Remotely triggerable buffer overflow in tcp_rack
Weaknesses CWE-122
CWE-787
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: freebsd

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-15T15:31:49.781Z

Reserved: 2026-09-28T13:33:02.323Z

Link: CVE-2026-101307

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-15T07:17:57.890

Modified: 2026-10-15T07:17:57.890

Link: CVE-2026-101307

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