# CVE-2026-80637: netfilter: synproxy: fix unaligned memory access in timestamp adjustment

- 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.160, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5
- Published: 2026-08-28 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.12
- Kernel (Linux): from 3.12.0, fixed in 6.6.160; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.97; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.40; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.1.5

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: synproxy: fix unaligned memory access in timestamp adjustment Use get_unaligned_be32() and put_unaligned_be32() to safely read and write the timestamp fields. This prevents performance degradation due to unaligned memory access or even a crash on strict alignment architectures. This follows the implementation of timestamp parsing in the networking stack at tcp_parse_options() and synproxy_parse_options().

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.160, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b30a2d56ee47282f6a46cb2f50e315b2414851fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95cda0446f51077c343fdd8264be2737eb25a6c3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b8e7aaa38002d8ee2f48d87b1f392eadd8e98c4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c9c67cf7a3d16051dfb90e98836f530964dfb8e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea3d2caa5bfacf5db5c1cad521ca5d9144edd9a7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/992c20bc8a4aba220c8b95b467d049289778dad6

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