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CVE-2026-43037

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ip6_tunnel: clear skb2-cb[] in ip4ip6_err() Oskar

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ip6_tunnel: clear skb2-cb[] in ip4ip6_err() Oskar Kjos reported the following problem. ip4ip6_err() calls icmp_send() on a cloned skb whose cb[] was written by the IPv6 receive path as struct inet6_skb_parm. icmp_send() passes IPCB(skb2) to __ip_options_echo(), which interprets that cb[] region as struct inet_skb_parm (IPv4). The layouts differ: inet6_skb_parm.nhoff at offset 14 overlaps inet_skb_parm.opt.rr, producing a non-zero rr value. __ip_options_echo() then reads optlen from attacker-controlled packet data at sptr[rr+1] and copies that many bytes into dopt-__data, a fixed 40-byte stack buffer (IP_OPTIONS_DATA_FIXED_SIZE). To fix this we clear skb2-cb[], as suggested by Oskar Kjos.

Also add minimal IPv4 header validation (version == 4, ihl >= 5).

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 0.00096
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Affected Products & Versions

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linux kernel>= 2.6.22 and < 5.10.253
linux kernel>= 5.11 and < 5.15.203
linux kernel>= 5.16 and < 6.1.168
linux kernel>= 6.2 and < 6.6.134
linux kernel>= 6.7 and < 6.12.81
linux kernel>= 6.13 and < 6.18.22
linux kernel>= 6.19 and < 6.19.12
linux kernelall versions

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9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS v3.1 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD01 May 2026 · 03:16 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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