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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.8 Critical

CVE-2026-80681

vxlan: re-fetch eth header after route_shortcircuit()

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vxlan: re-fetch eth header after route_shortcircuit() Before route_shortcircuit(), the eth header pointer is cached from eth_hdr(skb). Inside route_shortcircuit(), pskb_may_pull() can be called, which may reallocate skb->head. In this case, returning to vxlan_xmit() leaves the cached eth pointer pointing to freed memory, leading to a use-after-free when dereferencing eth->h_dest. Fix this by updating eth = eth_hdr(skb) after calling route_shortcircuit().

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

  • ae8840825605f36f98f247323edc150e761cb64e to < 6375093eb45cd7d89f1945f939eeae3b29d79f56affected
  • ae8840825605f36f98f247323edc150e761cb64e to < 1b7f7b653e3557690047c62f03b80a24ea5a58a5affected
  • ae8840825605f36f98f247323edc150e761cb64e to < bf045341dfb3e767f0ff94cf240ce3c371973bd4affected
  • ae8840825605f36f98f247323edc150e761cb64e to < 2355c8c26d2aa1b4385b369e67202e47d460d555affected
  • ae8840825605f36f98f247323edc150e761cb64e to < 1511631b7cfc4152b10a0a9d04c7a0bf2ddf4585affected
  • ae8840825605f36f98f247323edc150e761cb64e to < 1235e017aa11cf01e91b613c4c5ed6aa28934fffaffected
  • ae8840825605f36f98f247323edc150e761cb64e to < c9dceac9e1c7c772c43c732fc0d325e72835801aaffected
  • ae8840825605f36f98f247323edc150e761cb64e to < 1395a676ec15a0a02a2a6d86602324f2d5fd41d5affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 3.10affected
  • 0 to < 3.10unaffected
  • 5.10.265 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.216 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.183 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.151 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.103 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.44 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.1.8 to ≤ 7.1.*unaffected
  • 7.2 to ≤ *unaffected

References