# CVE-2026-74429: rxrpc: Fix the reception of a reply packet before data transmission

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-15 · Updated: 2026-08-17

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.14

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix the reception of a reply packet before data transmission Fix rxrpc_receiving_reply() to handle the reception of an apparent reply DATA packet before rxrpc has had a chance to send any request DATA packets on a client call by checking to see if the call has been exposed yet by sending the first packet. Without this, rxrpc_rotate_tx_window() might oops. Also fix rxrpc_rotate_tx_window() to handle the Tx queue being empty by changing the do...while loop into a while loop, just in case a call is abnormally terminated by an early reply before the last request packet is transmitted.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9be514984471ff0003738b2e1efed12bc3433ff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e220ae559e5a0fc33e41ec6a348ea50387cb8b0f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a58e33405acd2584e730c1da72635f822ada6b49

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