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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.8 High

CVE-2026-97612

net: mpls: clear inner_protocol when the last label is popped

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mpls: clear inner_protocol when the last label is popped skb_mpls_push() records the pre-encapsulation network header once, gated on !skb->inner_protocol. skb_mpls_pop() never clears that record, so it outlives the encapsulation it describes. Open vSwitch can then re-push MPLS onto a packet whose inner_network_header still points at the older, deeper offset: push a label, pop every label, recirculate (ovs_flow_key_update() re-derives key->eth.type and resets network_header, but leaves inner_*), then push again. ovs_fragment() trusts the record: skb->network_header = skb->inner_network_header; so skb_network_offset() goes negative. The bound check is signed: if (skb_network_offset(skb) > MAX_L2_LEN) a negative offset passes it, and prepare_frag() widens the value: unsigned int hlen = skb_network_offset(skb); memcpy(&data->l2_data, skb->data, hlen); which is a ~4GiB memcpy out of a 30-byte per-CPU buffer. Reproduced on v7.3-rc1. RDX is the truncated length, (unsigned int)(-8): BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffe8ffffc16000 #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI RIP: 0010:memcpy+0x8/0x20 RDX: 00000000fffffff8 RSI: ffff888105d732db RDI: ffffe8ffffc16000 prepare_frag+0x3df/0x4e0 ovs_fragment+0x589/0x7e0 do_output+0x4ce/0x5e0 do_execute_actions+0x55d2/0x7b30 ovs_execute_actions+0xea/0x450 Same root-cause shape as commit 975b5b067f52 ("ipv6: sr: restore network header before routing and forwarding"): a stale network header offset reaching a consumer that widens it. Here it originates in the MPLS push/pop path. Clear inner_protocol once the packet is no longer MPLS, so a later push re-records the current header. net/sched/act_mpls.c is the only other skb_mpls_pop() caller and gets the same fix; sch_frag.c saves and restores inner_protocol around fragmentation in the same way OVS does.

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

  • 48d2ab609b6bbecb7698487c8579bc40de9d6dfa to < 55ed97db27bffe29c21fdefd5d25601322c36ff8affected
  • 48d2ab609b6bbecb7698487c8579bc40de9d6dfa to < 833ec2788322306407503b4cfc7745cd1f9d785faffected
  • 48d2ab609b6bbecb7698487c8579bc40de9d6dfa to < 38db09804b2616aa1e2fcdf97f0c3ae8b9dbdd34affected
  • 48d2ab609b6bbecb7698487c8579bc40de9d6dfa to < 0b3425fd0ecd515997956f7bb8a8a576b444ed64affected
  • 48d2ab609b6bbecb7698487c8579bc40de9d6dfa to < 011e17b5cae19b9f6a150923275e41c278de64f0affected
  • 48d2ab609b6bbecb7698487c8579bc40de9d6dfa to < da8c3a7f5d3137fec4ff60a6248f5f6d66b6a63eaffected
  • 48d2ab609b6bbecb7698487c8579bc40de9d6dfa to < b39120523475d6b436be7f6cb27d48064148a327affected
  • 48d2ab609b6bbecb7698487c8579bc40de9d6dfa to < 78a86d75a70e1e227711c72865c59b1422d0a5aeaffected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 4.9affected
  • 0 to < 4.9unaffected
  • 5.10.271 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.222 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.189 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.158 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.111 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.53 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.2.7 to ≤ 7.2.*unaffected
  • 7.3 to ≤ *unaffected

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