CVE-2026-74616 PUBLISHED

xdp: reject clones that overrun skb_shared_info tailroom

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

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

xdp: reject clones that overrun skb_shared_info tailroom

xdpf_clone() clones broadcast copies into a single page and sets frame_sz to PAGE_SIZE. __xdp_build_skb_from_frame() later treats that page like a normal XDP frame and expects the usual skb_shared_info tailroom at the end of the buffer.

The current check only rejects frames whose linear xdp_frame header, headroom, and packet data exceed PAGE_SIZE. A source frame backed by a larger allocation can still satisfy that check while extending into the clone's required shared-info area. When such a clone is converted back into an skb, build_skb_around() places skb_shared_info over live packet bytes and later writes can corrupt XDP return metadata.

Reject clones unless their linear area fits inside SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(PAGE_SIZE), matching the tailroom requirement already enforced by the XDP-to-skb conversion path.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from e624d4ed4aa8cc3c69d1359b0aaea539203ed266 to 58408982fa39f9758124cec169f42854d6f98f35 (excl.)
  • affected from e624d4ed4aa8cc3c69d1359b0aaea539203ed266 to 685edea27ac68d08fe4dbd3de74b858d2ad8e830 (excl.)
  • affected from e624d4ed4aa8cc3c69d1359b0aaea539203ed266 to ba13763d667e008e185fedf592d53846a5b457d1 (excl.)
  • affected from e624d4ed4aa8cc3c69d1359b0aaea539203ed266 to ef4b7c7046d29a67090de15af0da0d1ae8d1b192 (excl.)
  • affected from e624d4ed4aa8cc3c69d1359b0aaea539203ed266 to fab820f1691a9e26d9031f18aae1e9ce09078f92 (excl.)
  • affected from e624d4ed4aa8cc3c69d1359b0aaea539203ed266 to f463b6f4957c9c3fd1c75f8d3e5af4879fa609c0 (excl.)
  • affected from e624d4ed4aa8cc3c69d1359b0aaea539203ed266 to e48e8edbef2eb824201495daa5234560f632b23c (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.14 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.14 (excl.)
  • 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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