CVE-2026-63992 PUBLISHED

tunnels: do not assume transport header in iptunnel_pmtud_check_icmp()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 19.07.2026 Published: 19.07.2026 Updated: 20.07.2026

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

tunnels: do not assume transport header in iptunnel_pmtud_check_icmp()

In some cases, iptunnel_pmtud_check_icmp() can be called while skb transport header is not set.

This triggers an out-of-bound access, because (typeof(skb->transport_header))~0U is 65535.

Access the icmp header based on IPv4 network header, after making sure icmp->type is present in skb linear part.

Note that iptunnel_pmtud_check_icmpv6()) is fine.

Metrics

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

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 4cb47a8644cc9eb8ec81190a50e79e6530d0297f to 5a92cb45e34749865d03daf8d3500f77b5f6644c (excl.)
  • affected from 4cb47a8644cc9eb8ec81190a50e79e6530d0297f to c7b7ec3e69e673c0d6b57f74d21da50c485c598e (excl.)
  • affected from 4cb47a8644cc9eb8ec81190a50e79e6530d0297f to 7f4f7efe7f30edd29c4988de01728bf2398217e4 (excl.)
  • affected from 4cb47a8644cc9eb8ec81190a50e79e6530d0297f to e917d0c69f01af2bb4fbea2b66d560a53b3ac7ec (excl.)
  • affected from 4cb47a8644cc9eb8ec81190a50e79e6530d0297f to a096b6e34f602950af9a2b0856cd93a5f4c276d7 (excl.)
  • affected from 4cb47a8644cc9eb8ec81190a50e79e6530d0297f to 43368636c663cff6e59dde93cf4b8e43ac28eb93 (excl.)
  • affected from 4cb47a8644cc9eb8ec81190a50e79e6530d0297f to cb549df9ce4ee15c9d5b19ddab12cf2128e4313c (excl.)
  • affected from 4cb47a8644cc9eb8ec81190a50e79e6530d0297f to 509323077ef79a26ba0c60bb556e45c12c398b2d (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.9 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.9 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.259 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.210 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.176 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.143 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.93 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.35 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0.12 to 7.0.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1 to * (incl.)

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