Integer Underflow Affecting kernel-docs-html package, versions <6.12.0-160000.33.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-KERNELDOCSHTML-17129217
  • published2 Jun 2026
  • disclosed28 May 2026

Introduced: 28 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-31662  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-191  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 kernel-docs-html to version 6.12.0-160000.33.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-docs-html package and not the kernel-docs-html package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:16.0.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tipc: fix bc_ackers underflow on duplicate GRP_ACK_MSG

The GRP_ACK_MSG handler in tipc_group_proto_rcv() currently decrements bc_ackers on every inbound group ACK, even when the same member has already acknowledged the current broadcast round.

Because bc_ackers is a u16, a duplicate ACK received after the last legitimate ACK wraps the counter to 65535. Once wrapped, tipc_group_bc_cong() keeps reporting congestion and later group broadcasts on the affected socket stay blocked until the group is recreated.

Fix this by ignoring duplicate or stale ACKs before touching bc_acked or bc_ackers. This makes repeated GRP_ACK_MSG handling idempotent and prevents the underflow path.

CVSS Base Scores

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