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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.1 Critical

CVE-2026-46266

inet: RAW sockets using IPPROTO_RAW MUST drop incoming ICMP

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: inet: RAW sockets using IPPROTO_RAW MUST drop incoming ICMP Yizhou Zhao reported that simply having one RAW socket on protocol IPPROTO_RAW (255) was dangerous. socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, 255); A malicious incoming ICMP packet can set the protocol field to 255 and match this socket, leading to FNHE cache changes. inner = IP(src="192.168.2.1", dst="8.8.8.8", proto=255)/Raw("TEST") pkt = IP(src="192.168.1.1", dst="192.168.2.1")/ICMP(type=3, code=4, nexthopmtu=576)/inner "man 7 raw" states: A protocol of IPPROTO_RAW implies enabled IP_HDRINCL and is able to send any IP protocol that is specified in the passed header. Receiving of all IP protocols via IPPROTO_RAW is not possible using raw sockets. Make sure we drop these malicious packets.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 47276297140ee6712646f9b19fb04fe26daedd01affected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < db76b75ede3810e7cf9cfea5067d4f3e0993768baffected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 19e42490c89bac9a388f28179e66bebbef350f99affected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 531c1aec81bfe19d00af13da5531fbb8209e4bd2affected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 719d3932b8f6e3348ce2f0ac58e278301fc17575affected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < c89477ad79446867394360b29bb801010fc3ff22affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 2.6.12affected
  • 0 to < 2.6.12unaffected
  • 6.1.187 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.128 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.75 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.14 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 6.19.4 to ≤ 6.19.*unaffected
  • 7.0 to ≤ *unaffected

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