CVE-2026-74476 PUBLISHED

veth: convert frag_list skbs before running XDP

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 15.08.2026 Published: 15.08.2026 Updated: 15.08.2026

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

veth: convert frag_list skbs before running XDP

A frag_list skb can reach veth with data_len set but nr_frags zero. veth_convert_skb_to_xdp_buff() only converts skbs that are shared, locked, have frags[], or do not have enough headroom. It later uses skb_is_nonlinear() to decide whether to set XDP_FLAGS_HAS_FRAGS and xdp_frags_size.

That exposes frag_list data to XDP as if it were stored in frags[], but frags[] is empty. AF_XDP copy mode can then trust the bogus XDP fragment metadata, walk an empty fragment entry, and crash in memcpy() from __xsk_rcv().

Route non-linear skbs through skb_pp_cow_data() before exposing them to XDP, and only advertise XDP frags when the resulting skb has frags[]. skb_copy_bits() already handles frag_list input, and skb_pp_cow_data() builds frags[] output with skb_add_rx_frag(), which is the representation XDP multi-buffer expects.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 718a18a0c8a67f97781e40bdef7cdd055c430996 to 5c1c15c540fc45820ce3033c319151ec891bc10a (excl.)
  • affected from 718a18a0c8a67f97781e40bdef7cdd055c430996 to b24ba0bbffe3e23eb2f6838881c1fabcb29fb9fb (excl.)
  • affected from 718a18a0c8a67f97781e40bdef7cdd055c430996 to f9c1fff857e93be709c8b52ed1a643f37bd82c66 (excl.)
  • affected from 718a18a0c8a67f97781e40bdef7cdd055c430996 to d0d6415963040c401e7a7e4e482a698ba52448cb (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.18 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.18 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.103 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.44 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.8 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2-rc6 to * (incl.)

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