CVE-2026-74597 PUBLISHED

ip6_tunnel: clear skb2->cb[] in ip6ip6_err()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 15.08.2026 Published: 22.08.2026 Updated: 22.08.2026

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

ip6_tunnel: clear skb2->cb[] in ip6ip6_err()

ip6ip6_err() clones an outer IPv6 ICMP error skb, pulls it to the quoted inner IPv6 packet, and then passes the clone to icmpv6_send(). The clone still carries the outer packet's inet6_skb_parm in skb->cb.

If the outer packet had a Home Address Option, IP6CB(skb2)->dsthao remains non-zero after skb_pull(). icmpv6_send() later calls mip6_addr_swap(), which uses that stale dsthao offset against the quoted inner packet. A malformed inner destination-options header can then make the HAO lookup and address swap run past the end of the quoted packet and corrupt skb_shared_info.

Clear skb2->cb[] before pulling the quoted inner IPv6 packet so the reply path does not reuse metadata left by the outer IPv6 stack.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from e490d1d85cf5e191791979e5f260d32eb4f703a8 to 44fe898df302e91c5ee5acbc71ffa74e78e6c183 (excl.)
  • affected from e490d1d85cf5e191791979e5f260d32eb4f703a8 to 0dadb0620ab65949a8bc2439dd28ea3c942fe87d (excl.)
  • affected from e490d1d85cf5e191791979e5f260d32eb4f703a8 to b6816536a2990c0db44a26130a03e40b441e829b (excl.)
  • affected from e490d1d85cf5e191791979e5f260d32eb4f703a8 to 64e41736a26f37ab6215bc2e6df125df05aceb08 (excl.)
  • affected from e490d1d85cf5e191791979e5f260d32eb4f703a8 to 484134e1eb07d700a73b1e4bbf3fb503e299be60 (excl.)
  • affected from e490d1d85cf5e191791979e5f260d32eb4f703a8 to 4eb15c465337b18f44716c499cd6ad63eee0ad54 (excl.)
  • affected from e490d1d85cf5e191791979e5f260d32eb4f703a8 to fbf40faa0414b753212494ad197542002e66ed9e (excl.)
  • affected from e490d1d85cf5e191791979e5f260d32eb4f703a8 to f803c086399da277b5d0ff36a107d0f162751800 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 2.6.22 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 2.6.22 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.265 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.216 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.183 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.152 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.104 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.45 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.9 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2 to * (incl.)

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