CVE-2026-68127 PUBLISHED

ila: reload IPv6 header after pskb_may_pull in checksum adjust

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 30.07.2026 Published: 10.08.2026 Updated: 10.08.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 33f11d16142b06588eedfc1dd8cf93790979a712 to 896a9512d0d83c2a4b357e5585b7b62a8e3f95c1 (excl.)
  • affected from 33f11d16142b06588eedfc1dd8cf93790979a712 to 7097a0280b178237265681be66d1bef11d15894b (excl.)
  • affected from 33f11d16142b06588eedfc1dd8cf93790979a712 to 472aba2603ca74c4f7722cb0c0296942b0776b8d (excl.)
  • affected from 33f11d16142b06588eedfc1dd8cf93790979a712 to c6a13ae00dab3a1a8c7cf2f843f0fc9e8d4b0ccc (excl.)
  • affected from 33f11d16142b06588eedfc1dd8cf93790979a712 to 92d3817649df2b0b6a008a686c8275c88d7ef594 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 4.5 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 4.5 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.148 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.101 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.42 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.6 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2-rc5 to * (incl.)

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