CVE-2026-68127 (GCVE-0-2026-68127)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-10 11:58
Modified
2026-08-19 16:29
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ila: reload IPv6 header after pskb_may_pull in checksum adjust
ila_csum_adjust_transport() caches ip6h = ipv6_hdr(skb) before calling
pskb_may_pull(). On a non-linear skb whose transport header sits in a page
fragment, pskb_may_pull() can call __pskb_pull_tail() / pskb_expand_head()
and free the old skb head, leaving ip6h dangling; the following
get_csum_diff(ip6h, p) then reads freed memory. ila_update_ipv6_locator()
uses ip6h (and the iaddr derived from it) again after the csum-adjust
call and additionally writes the new locator through that pointer.
Impact: a remote IPv6 packet routed through a configured ILA
csum-adjust-transport route or receive-side mapping triggers a
slab-use-after-free in ila_update_ipv6_locator() (KASAN). The route or
mapping requires CAP_NET_ADMIN to configure, but trigger packets are
unauthenticated once it exists.
Reload ip6h after each pskb_may_pull() in ila_csum_adjust_transport()
before the csum-diff read. In ila_update_ipv6_locator() only the
ILA_CSUM_ADJUST_TRANSPORT case pulls the skb, so reload ip6h and iaddr in
that case alone before the destination-address write; the neutral-map
modes never pull and keep their cached pointers.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Version: 33f11d16142b06588eedfc1dd8cf93790979a712 Version: 33f11d16142b06588eedfc1dd8cf93790979a712 Version: 33f11d16142b06588eedfc1dd8cf93790979a712 Version: 33f11d16142b06588eedfc1dd8cf93790979a712 Version: 33f11d16142b06588eedfc1dd8cf93790979a712 Version: 33f11d16142b06588eedfc1dd8cf93790979a712 Version: 33f11d16142b06588eedfc1dd8cf93790979a712 Version: 33f11d16142b06588eedfc1dd8cf93790979a712 |
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