new file mode 100644
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+From 285cebf58911eca5b7f177f5d0b1c53e1f646577 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
+Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:35:55 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] CVE-2026-5223: prohibit unpacking symlinks and other
+ unexpected entries
+
+Cargo has historically not allowed creating .crate packages containing
+symlinks. (It packages the symlink target in place of the symlink,
+instead.) So, any package containing a symlink would have to be
+hand-constructed. Such packages are also not allowed on crates.io, so it
+could only come from an alternate registry.
+
+Rather than dealing with symlink traversal attacks when unpacking a
+crate, just prohibit symlinks entirely.
+
+In the process, also prohibit other kinds of unusual entries. As an
+exception, allow character devices but warn about them, because some
+exist in crates on crates.io.
+
+CVE: CVE-2026-5223
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/commit/285cebf58911eca5b7f177f5d0b1c53e1f646577]
+
+Backport Changes:
+- Adapted to Cargo 0.76.0 in Rust 1.75.0, where unpack_package() still carries
+ the extraction loop directly and the newer smuggled-symlink regression test
+ is not present.
+
+(cherry picked from commit 285cebf58911eca5b7f177f5d0b1c53e1f646577)
+Signed-off-by: Anil Dongare <adongare@cisco.com>
+---
+ src/tools/cargo/src/cargo/sources/registry/mod.rs | 9 ++++++++-
+ src/tools/cargo/tests/testsuite/registry.rs | 31 ++++++++++++-----------
+ 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/tools/cargo/src/cargo/sources/registry/mod.rs b/src/tools/cargo/src/cargo/sources/registry/mod.rs
+index 7ee461e..c97d96d 100644
+--- a/src/tools/cargo/src/cargo/sources/registry/mod.rs
++++ b/src/tools/cargo/src/cargo/sources/registry/mod.rs
+@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ use cargo_util::paths::{self, exclude_from_backups_and_indexing};
+ use flate2::read::GzDecoder;
+ use serde::Deserialize;
+ use serde::Serialize;
+-use tar::Archive;
++use tar::{Archive, EntryType};
+ use tracing::debug;
+
+ use crate::core::dependency::Dependency;
+@@ -636,6 +636,13 @@ impl<'cfg> RegistrySource<'cfg> {
+ prefix
+ )
+ }
++ // Prevent unpacking symlinks and other unexpected entry types.
++ match entry.header().entry_type() {
++ EntryType::Regular | EntryType::Directory => {}
++ t => anyhow::bail!(
++ "invalid tarball downloaded, contains an entry at {entry_path:?} with invalid type {t:?}",
++ ),
++ }
+ // Prevent unpacking the lockfile from the crate itself.
+ if entry_path
+ .file_name()
+diff --git a/src/tools/cargo/tests/testsuite/registry.rs b/src/tools/cargo/tests/testsuite/registry.rs
+index b5dff27..178bfff 100644
+--- a/src/tools/cargo/tests/testsuite/registry.rs
++++ b/src/tools/cargo/tests/testsuite/registry.rs
+@@ -2550,8 +2550,7 @@ fn package_lock_inside_package_is_overwritten() {
+ }
+
+ #[cargo_test]
+-fn package_lock_as_a_symlink_inside_package_is_overwritten() {
+- let registry = registry::init();
++fn package_lock_as_a_symlink_inside_package_is_invalid() {
+ let p = project()
+ .file(
+ "Cargo.toml",
+@@ -2573,21 +2572,23 @@ fn package_lock_as_a_symlink_inside_package_is_overwritten() {
+ .symlink(".cargo-ok", "src/lib.rs")
+ .publish();
+
+- p.cargo("check").run();
++ p.cargo("check")
++ .with_status(101)
++ .with_stderr_data(str![[r#"
++[UPDATING] `dummy-registry` index
++[LOCKING] 1 package to latest compatible version
++[DOWNLOADING] crates ...
++[DOWNLOADED] bar v0.0.1 (registry `dummy-registry`)
++[ERROR] failed to download replaced source registry `crates-io`
+
+- let id = SourceId::for_registry(registry.index_url()).unwrap();
+- let hash = cargo::util::hex::short_hash(&id);
+- let pkg_root = cargo_home()
+- .join("registry")
+- .join("src")
+- .join(format!("-{}", hash))
+- .join("bar-0.0.1");
+- let ok = pkg_root.join(".cargo-ok");
+- let librs = pkg_root.join("src/lib.rs");
++Caused by:
++ failed to unpack package `bar v0.0.1 (registry `dummy-registry`)`
+
+- // Is correctly overwritten and doesn't affect the file linked to
+- assert_eq!(ok.metadata().unwrap().len(), 7);
+- assert_eq!(fs::read_to_string(librs).unwrap(), "pub fn f() {}");
++Caused by:
++ invalid tarball downloaded, contains an entry at "bar-0.0.1/.cargo-ok" with invalid type Symlink
++
++"#]])
++ .run();
+ }
+
+ #[cargo_test]
+--
+2.44.4
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ SRC_URI += "https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rustc-${RUST_VERSION}-src.tar.xz;n
file://repro-issue-fix-with-v175.patch;patchdir=${RUSTSRC} \
file://0001-cargo-do-not-write-host-information-into-compilation.patch;patchdir=${RUSTSRC} \
file://CVE-2026-5222.patch;patchdir=${RUSTSRC} \
+ file://CVE-2026-5223.patch;patchdir=${RUSTSRC} \
"
SRC_URI[rust.sha256sum] = "4526f786d673e4859ff2afa0bab2ba13c918b796519a25c1acce06dba9542340"