CVE-2026-74473

NameCVE-2026-74473
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vxlan: use pskb_network_may_pull() in route_shortcircuit() route_shortcircuit() currently calls pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(struct iphdr)) (or ipv6hdr), which checks if bytes are available starting from skb->data. However, in vxlan_xmit(), skb->data points to the MAC header, so skb_network_offset(skb) is ETH_HLEN (14 bytes). Using pskb_may_pull(skb, 20) only checks 20 bytes from skb->data (which is 14 bytes MAC header + 6 bytes of IP header), leaving the rest of the IP header potentially un-pulled in non-linear frags. Subsequent dereferences of ip_hdr(skb)->daddr can read beyond the pulled linear buffer length. Fix this by using pskb_network_may_pull(), which adds skb_network_offset(skb) to the length check to ensure the full network header is present in the linear buffer.
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ReferencesDLA-4777-1, DLA-4788-1, DSA-6466-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bookworm6.1.176-1vulnerable
bookworm (security)6.1.187-1fixed
trixie (security), trixie6.12.107-1fixed
forky7.2.6-1fixed
sid7.2.8-1fixed
linux-6.12 (PTS)bookworm (security)6.12.107-1~deb12u1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcebookworm6.1.187-1DLA-4777-1
linuxsourcetrixie6.12.105-1DSA-6466-1
linuxsource(unstable)7.1.8-1
linux-6.12sourcebookworm6.12.107-1~deb12u1DLA-4788-1

Notes

https://git.kernel.org/linus/26bb2dd0a8839617e2c79ffbbe1923f8e4bab9fb (7.2-rc6)

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