CVE-2026-74701 PUBLISHED

net/openvswitch: check Ethernet header length in key_extract()

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

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

net/openvswitch: check Ethernet header length in key_extract()

When a packet arrives on an ARPHRD_NONE device (e.g. TUN), ovs_flow_key_extract() trusts the user-provided skb->protocol field: if it is ETH_P_TEB, the packet is classified as MAC_PROTO_ETHERNET and key_extract() is called without ensuring the skb has ETH_HLEN (14) bytes of linear data. key_extract() unconditionally pulls 2 * ETH_ALEN bytes for MAC addresses and parse_ethertype() pulls 2 more, either of which triggers a kernel BUG in __skb_pull() when the linear area is too small.

kernel BUG at include/linux/skbuff.h:2848! RIP: 0010:key_extract+0xa7e/0xd90 net/openvswitch/flow.c:933 ovs_flow_key_extract+0x419/0xa70 ovs_vport_receive+0x222/0x390 netdev_frame_hook+0x3e0/0x630 tun_get_user+0x2d0c/0x38e0

Fixed by calling check_header() in key_extract() before accessing the Ethernet header.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 217ac77a3c2524d999730b2a80b61fcc2d0f734a to e85278afd4890dd190ba3c7a1b1a712b801c9fe1 (excl.)
  • affected from 217ac77a3c2524d999730b2a80b61fcc2d0f734a to 81f9b09f0ea3ba9ab966dd17e9f32625a14555e9 (excl.)
  • affected from 217ac77a3c2524d999730b2a80b61fcc2d0f734a to 831471718f6e19aed1a330b03b53190a90e06466 (excl.)
  • affected from 217ac77a3c2524d999730b2a80b61fcc2d0f734a to d8bea341b183190ce6c055ab0e64ab78eb9a7290 (excl.)
  • affected from 217ac77a3c2524d999730b2a80b61fcc2d0f734a to 0b60b55652ba772b173dddc63f3851e1d2dd5927 (excl.)
  • affected from 217ac77a3c2524d999730b2a80b61fcc2d0f734a to a8139285c8925efe59af28a9169bb2fda91bff15 (excl.)
  • affected from 217ac77a3c2524d999730b2a80b61fcc2d0f734a to 9b8cfbb58b85bfa7a78fac47fdc77396cd01f699 (excl.)
  • affected from 217ac77a3c2524d999730b2a80b61fcc2d0f734a to cf6f8b29befb92173659bcef6a441d274947bfae (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 4.10 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 4.10 (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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