Skip to content
CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.3 High

CVE-2026-72019

macsec: don't read an unset MAC header in macsec_encrypt()

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: macsec: don't read an unset MAC header in macsec_encrypt() macsec_encrypt() reads the Ethernet header via eth_hdr(skb) (skb->head + skb->mac_header) to memmove() the 12 source/destination MAC bytes forward and make room for the SecTAG. On the AF_PACKET SOCK_RAW + PACKET_QDISC_BYPASS transmit path the skb reaches the macsec ndo_start_xmit() with the MAC header unset, so eth_hdr(skb) resolves to skb->head + (u16)~0 and the read is out of bounds: a 12-byte heap over-read that is also emitted on the wire as the frame's outer source/destination MAC. KASAN reports a slab-out-of-bounds read in macsec_start_xmit() on 6.0; on current mainline a CONFIG_DEBUG_NET build flags it as an unset mac header in skb_mac_header(). On the TX path the L2 header is at skb->data, so use skb_eth_hdr(), added by commit 96cc4b69581d ("macvlan: do not assume mac_header is set in macvlan_broadcast()") for exactly this purpose.

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

  • c09440f7dcb304002dfced8c0fea289eb25f2da0 to < b6cec6187b8632423cd99a94fd5e5ba165fa2a33affected
  • c09440f7dcb304002dfced8c0fea289eb25f2da0 to < 3adea1b1c04b57e08a5c12a1f42483760581ce61affected
  • c09440f7dcb304002dfced8c0fea289eb25f2da0 to < dc9ffa1905e72f026d080880a2e4cfc42aa91000affected
  • c09440f7dcb304002dfced8c0fea289eb25f2da0 to < f21fa533a3ed15ada74106aac4b9ddd078fc6b7aaffected
  • c09440f7dcb304002dfced8c0fea289eb25f2da0 to < e17a42199824973cd8212e95b21ffadf4114a21baffected
  • c09440f7dcb304002dfced8c0fea289eb25f2da0 to < 2cf10d042562283ff4ae97c02d0993d4f1b5ea29affected
  • c09440f7dcb304002dfced8c0fea289eb25f2da0 to < c39087ad0b97fc11a3b058dfc8db9fd370762cb9affected
  • c09440f7dcb304002dfced8c0fea289eb25f2da0 to < f5089008f90c0a7c5520dff3934e0af00adf322daffected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 4.6affected
  • 0 to < 4.6unaffected
  • 5.10.265 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.216 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.178 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.145 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.97 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.40 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.1.5 to ≤ 7.1.*unaffected
  • 7.2 to ≤ *unaffected

References