CVE-2026-46266 PUBLISHED

inet: RAW sockets using IPPROTO_RAW MUST drop incoming ICMP

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 13.05.2026 Published: 03.06.2026 Updated: 05.06.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

inet: RAW sockets using IPPROTO_RAW MUST drop incoming ICMP

Yizhou Zhao reported that simply having one RAW socket on protocol IPPROTO_RAW (255) was dangerous.

socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, 255);

A malicious incoming ICMP packet can set the protocol field to 255 and match this socket, leading to FNHE cache changes.

inner = IP(src="192.168.2.1", dst="8.8.8.8", proto=255)/Raw("TEST") pkt = IP(src="192.168.1.1", dst="192.168.2.1")/ICMP(type=3, code=4, nexthopmtu=576)/inner

"man 7 raw" states:

A protocol of IPPROTO_RAW implies enabled IP_HDRINCL and is able to send any IP protocol that is specified in the passed header. Receiving of all IP protocols via IPPROTO_RAW is not possible using raw sockets.

Make sure we drop these malicious packets.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.1

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to db76b75ede3810e7cf9cfea5067d4f3e0993768b (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to 19e42490c89bac9a388f28179e66bebbef350f99 (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to 531c1aec81bfe19d00af13da5531fbb8209e4bd2 (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to 719d3932b8f6e3348ce2f0ac58e278301fc17575 (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to c89477ad79446867394360b29bb801010fc3ff22 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 2.6.12 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 2.6.12 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.128 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.75 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.14 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.19.4 to 6.19.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0 to * (incl.)

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