CVE-2026-68302 PUBLISHED

amt: re-read skb header pointers after every pull

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

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

amt: re-read skb header pointers after every pull

Several AMT receive and transmit paths cache a pointer into the skb head (ip_hdr(), ipv6_hdr(), eth_hdr() or the AMT message header) and then call a helper that can reallocate that head before the cached pointer is used again. pskb_may_pull(), ip_mc_may_pull(), ipv6_mc_may_pull(), iptunnel_pull_header(), ip_mc_check_igmp() and ipv6_mc_check_mld() can all free the old head and move the data, so a pointer taken before the call dangles afterwards and the later access is a use-after-free of the freed head.

The affected sites are:

amt_rcv() caches ip_hdr() before amt_parse_type() pulls, then reads iph->saddr.

amt_dev_xmit() caches ip_hdr()/ipv6_hdr() before ip_mc_check_igmp()/ ipv6_mc_check_mld() and pskb_may_pull(), then reads the group address.

amt_multicast_data_handler() caches eth_hdr() before pskb_may_pull(), then writes the L2 header.

amt_membership_query_handler() caches the AMT header, the outer and inner eth_hdr() and ip_hdr() before iptunnel_pull_header() and several pulls, then reads and writes them.

amt_igmpv3_report_handler() and amt_mldv2_report_handler() cache ip_hdr()/ipv6_hdr() and the current group record and read the record count from the report header inside the record loop, across the *_mc_may_pull() calls.

amt_update_handler() caches ip_hdr() and the AMT membership-update header before pskb_may_pull(), iptunnel_pull_header(), ip_mc_check_igmp() and the report handler, then reads iph->daddr and amtmu->nonce / amtmu->response_mac.

Fix each site by either snapshotting the scalar that is used after the pull before the first pull runs, or re-deriving the header pointer from the skb after the last pull that can move the head. Values that are stable across the pull (source and group address, the response MAC and nonce, the record count, the outer source MAC) are snapshotted; pointers that are written through or read repeatedly are re-derived.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from cbc21dc1cfe949e37b2a54c71511579f1899e8d4 to 9005b221cb1f9c3c1a2ef656fb0e8fa80c0a187e (excl.)
  • affected from cbc21dc1cfe949e37b2a54c71511579f1899e8d4 to 7746d588d42a4ac0117b68ed8e9b22a9da53dfb7 (excl.)
  • affected from cbc21dc1cfe949e37b2a54c71511579f1899e8d4 to ca0e8b661957f777591efe874cd9d9a63619cd99 (excl.)
  • affected from cbc21dc1cfe949e37b2a54c71511579f1899e8d4 to 7f48e3ddad8e97545b25788b8203b3a539df1621 (excl.)
  • affected from cbc21dc1cfe949e37b2a54c71511579f1899e8d4 to 3656a79f94c471827a08f2cacce5f94ad5e52c24 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.16 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.16 (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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