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CVE-2026-43501
published 2026-05-21

CVE-2026-43501: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: rpl: reserve mac_len headroom when recompressed SRH grows ipv6_rpl_srh_rcv()…

PriorityP351critical9.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.60%
44.9th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: rpl: reserve mac_len headroom when recompressed SRH grows ipv6_rpl_srh_rcv() decompresses an RFC 6554 Source Routing Header, swaps the next segment into ipv6_hdr->daddr, recompresses, then pulls the old header and pushes the new one plus the IPv6 header back. The recompressed header can be larger than the received one when the swap reduces the common-prefix length the segments share with daddr (CmprI=0, CmprE>0, seg[0][0] != daddr[0] gives the maximum +8 bytes). pskb_expand_head() was gated on segments_left == 0, so on earlier segments the push consumed unchecked headroom. Once skb_push() leaves fewer than skb->mac_len bytes in front of data, skb_mac_header_rebuild()'s call to: skb_set_mac_header(skb, -skb->mac_len); will store (data - head) - mac_len into the u16 mac_header field, which wraps to ~65530, and the following memmove() writes mac_len bytes ~64KiB past skb->head. A single AF_INET6/SOCK_RAW/IPV6_HDRINCL packet over lo with a two segment type-3 SRH (CmprI=0, CmprE=15) reaches headroom 8 after one pass; KASAN reports a 14-byte OOB write in ipv6_rthdr_rcv. Fix this by expanding the head whenever the remaining room is less than the push size plus mac_len, and request that much extra so the rebuilt MAC header fits afterwards.

Affected

65 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 8610c7c6e3bd647ff98d21c8bc0580e77bc2f8b3 < bde199c72d319a4e207f88daabc888317504e2fbbde199c72d319a4e207f88daabc888317504e2fb
linuxlinux>= 8610c7c6e3bd647ff98d21c8bc0580e77bc2f8b3 < be1fa0aa9b4fdd5a8b7a61ba520a690a68391e6ebe1fa0aa9b4fdd5a8b7a61ba520a690a68391e6e
linuxlinux>= 8610c7c6e3bd647ff98d21c8bc0580e77bc2f8b3 < 0a9e8053f1f8a8e1bfc1dd61ffe67be6c11804020a9e8053f1f8a8e1bfc1dd61ffe67be6c1180402
linuxlinux>= 8610c7c6e3bd647ff98d21c8bc0580e77bc2f8b3 < 8e8be63465a5e80394c70324603dfea1bfdad48f8e8be63465a5e80394c70324603dfea1bfdad48f
linuxlinux>= 8610c7c6e3bd647ff98d21c8bc0580e77bc2f8b3 < 4babc2d9fda2df43823b85d08a0180b68f1b08544babc2d9fda2df43823b85d08a0180b68f1b0854
linuxlinux>= 8610c7c6e3bd647ff98d21c8bc0580e77bc2f8b3 < c261d07a80576dc8ccf394ef8f074f8c67a06b37c261d07a80576dc8ccf394ef8f074f8c67a06b37
linuxlinux>= 8610c7c6e3bd647ff98d21c8bc0580e77bc2f8b3 < 7398ebefbfd4f8a31d4f665a4213302fa995494b7398ebefbfd4f8a31d4f665a4213302fa995494b
linuxlinux>= 8610c7c6e3bd647ff98d21c8bc0580e77bc2f8b3 < 9e6bf146b55999a095bb14f73a843942456d1adc9e6bf146b55999a095bb14f73a843942456d1adc
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11 < 5.15.2095.15.209
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 6.1.1756.1.175
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.7 < 5.10.2585.10.258
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.18.276.18.27
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.19 < 7.0.47.0.4
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2 < 6.6.1406.6.140
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.12.866.12.86
ubuntulinux
ubuntulinux-aws
ubuntulinux-aws-5.15
ubuntulinux-aws-6.8
ubuntulinux-aws-fips
ubuntulinux-azure
ubuntulinux-azure-5.15

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vendor_ubuntu8.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.0HIGH
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