CVE-2026-80681 PUBLISHED

vxlan: re-fetch eth header after route_shortcircuit()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 26.08.2026 Published: 28.08.2026 Updated: 28.08.2026

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

vxlan: re-fetch eth header after route_shortcircuit()

Before route_shortcircuit(), the eth header pointer is cached from eth_hdr(skb).

Inside route_shortcircuit(), pskb_may_pull() can be called, which may reallocate skb->head.

In this case, returning to vxlan_xmit() leaves the cached eth pointer pointing to freed memory, leading to a use-after-free when dereferencing eth->h_dest.

Fix this by updating eth = eth_hdr(skb) after calling route_shortcircuit().

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from ae8840825605f36f98f247323edc150e761cb64e to 6375093eb45cd7d89f1945f939eeae3b29d79f56 (excl.)
  • affected from ae8840825605f36f98f247323edc150e761cb64e to 1b7f7b653e3557690047c62f03b80a24ea5a58a5 (excl.)
  • affected from ae8840825605f36f98f247323edc150e761cb64e to bf045341dfb3e767f0ff94cf240ce3c371973bd4 (excl.)
  • affected from ae8840825605f36f98f247323edc150e761cb64e to 2355c8c26d2aa1b4385b369e67202e47d460d555 (excl.)
  • affected from ae8840825605f36f98f247323edc150e761cb64e to 1511631b7cfc4152b10a0a9d04c7a0bf2ddf4585 (excl.)
  • affected from ae8840825605f36f98f247323edc150e761cb64e to 1235e017aa11cf01e91b613c4c5ed6aa28934fff (excl.)
  • affected from ae8840825605f36f98f247323edc150e761cb64e to c9dceac9e1c7c772c43c732fc0d325e72835801a (excl.)
  • affected from ae8840825605f36f98f247323edc150e761cb64e to 1395a676ec15a0a02a2a6d86602324f2d5fd41d5 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 3.10 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 3.10 (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 6.6.151 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • 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 to * (incl.)

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