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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.8 Critical

CVE-2026-74474

vxlan: use pskb_network_may_pull() for transmit path header pulls

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vxlan: use pskb_network_may_pull() for transmit path header pulls In vxlan_xmit(), arp_reduce(), and vxlan_mdb_entry_skb_get(), pskb_may_pull() was being called to verify the availability of network layer headers (ARP, IPv6/ND, IP/IPv6 MDB keys). However, during transmit skb->data points to the MAC header, so skb_network_offset(skb) is ETH_HLEN (14 bytes). Using pskb_may_pull(skb, len) only checks len bytes from skb->data rather than skb_network_offset(skb) + len, which can leave part of the network header in non-linear frags. Replace these remaining pskb_may_pull() calls with pskb_network_may_pull() to properly account for the MAC header offset.

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

  • e4f67addf158f98f8197e08974966b18480dc751 to < 371425d4be7795e9158388af9eee0201e6047410affected
  • e4f67addf158f98f8197e08974966b18480dc751 to < bb01c51950c3ff3c76acdd54b85ab38ccc2a8bb4affected
  • e4f67addf158f98f8197e08974966b18480dc751 to < 6146901881f09ef063eb34ad389f63231f8486f5affected
  • e4f67addf158f98f8197e08974966b18480dc751 to < 94dee751aad627b3645d424b5d0c736d394573e9affected
  • e4f67addf158f98f8197e08974966b18480dc751 to < 7076a34b6e33315dc160b4612bfea1c597495585affected
  • e4f67addf158f98f8197e08974966b18480dc751 to < b9553558b48db54ac9273e6b98d7263ef5c1a329affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 3.8affected
  • 0 to < 3.8unaffected
  • 6.1.188 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.153 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.105 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.44 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.1.8 to ≤ 7.1.*unaffected
  • 7.2 to ≤ *unaffected

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