CVE-2026-99999 (GCVE-0-2026-99999)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-15 12:19 – Updated: 2026-10-15 22:07
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Title
ipv4: validate checksum_start before completing checksum
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv4: validate checksum_start before completing checksum
If a packet with bad checksum metadata gets into the ipv4 stack,
skb_checksum_help can corrupt the network header and cause a bunch of
mischief.
This was discovered and reported by Paulos, and has been reporoduced
by others independently since.
We really shouldn't allow such packets in, but as a defence
in depth measure, let's also check before we complete the checksum.
A more complete validation at input is forthcoming, but needs more work.
Severity
9.3 (Critical)
Assigner
References
11 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
f43798c27684ab925adde7d8acc34c78c6e50df8 , < a464d950f31c89565cbaae038cc60db04fe01956
(git)
Affected: f43798c27684ab925adde7d8acc34c78c6e50df8 , < 0fab003ef4698e0628060a45a48f14b43ba2a40a (git) Affected: f43798c27684ab925adde7d8acc34c78c6e50df8 , < 94524b7b32691de2e2ce162c04d6cbc9106e5cbf (git) Affected: f43798c27684ab925adde7d8acc34c78c6e50df8 , < a65f69e0f38ffbed1b128029e09097436416dc8b (git) Affected: f43798c27684ab925adde7d8acc34c78c6e50df8 , < 32a8b0adaa18e52aaa0b246b5ffe683075354dbb (git) Affected: f43798c27684ab925adde7d8acc34c78c6e50df8 , < f3e835af6226f1dd12160cbd696081e9b6155de0 (git) Affected: f43798c27684ab925adde7d8acc34c78c6e50df8 , < c3e33464746166264334641dc850a36eef7e6326 (git) Affected: f43798c27684ab925adde7d8acc34c78c6e50df8 , < 6785011f8b16abf40b1e9d8b2e332232b3e68822 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
2.6.27
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.27 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.272 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.223 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.190 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.159 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.113 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.57 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2.11 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.3-rc7 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.