CVE-2026-63994 (GCVE-0-2026-63994)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-19 14:56 – Updated: 2026-10-19 20:18
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
tunnels: load network headers after skb_cow() in iptunnel_pmtud_build_icmp[v6]()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tunnels: load network headers after skb_cow() in iptunnel_pmtud_build_icmp[v6]()
Sashiko found that iptunnel_pmtud_build_icmp() and
iptunnel_pmtud_build_icmpv6() were caching ip_hdr() and ipv6_hdr()
before an skb_cow() call which can reallocate skb->head.
Fix this possible UAF by initializing the local variables
after the skb_cow() call.
Remove skb_reset_network_header() calls which were not needed.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-16 15:34 UTC
CWE
- CWE-416 - Use After Free
Assigner
References
8 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
4cb47a8644cc9eb8ec81190a50e79e6530d0297f , < 95b6d772bfe788331d9742d73eaa12e113b2adc4
(git)
Affected: 4cb47a8644cc9eb8ec81190a50e79e6530d0297f , < 7254aef4d1a7e18e887af9010e2f2dc34806789b (git) Affected: 4cb47a8644cc9eb8ec81190a50e79e6530d0297f , < bf8b3f34c37c162357138e7c0942723b8b94fed1 (git) Affected: 4cb47a8644cc9eb8ec81190a50e79e6530d0297f , < 76cd9398a0470257ab765bdf5f358a2af2e17934 (git) Affected: 4cb47a8644cc9eb8ec81190a50e79e6530d0297f , < 50750d86a2e5266aba0c295483b3397843198b11 (git) Affected: 4cb47a8644cc9eb8ec81190a50e79e6530d0297f , < 6dff77899b9e9fe5d854abda3a98ad04e7229ef7 (git) Affected: 4cb47a8644cc9eb8ec81190a50e79e6530d0297f , < f3f204541f280a6ecb04503a0d6794d93990ca43 (git) Affected: 4cb47a8644cc9eb8ec81190a50e79e6530d0297f , < b4bc94353050b1fa7b702bd4c6600710dd926cff (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
5.9
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.9 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.259 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.210 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.176 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.143 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.93 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.35 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0.12 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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