CVE-2026-80901 PUBLISHED

ipvs: fix the checksum validations

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 26.08.2026 Published: 04.09.2026 Updated: 04.09.2026

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

ipvs: fix the checksum validations

ip_vs_in_icmp_v6() is missing checksum validation for ICMPv6 packets from clients. In fact, as for TCP/UDP we should validate the checksum for ICMP packets only when we mangle the packets on MASQ or on reply for tunnel.

Also, Sashiko points out that handle_response_icmp() being common for IPv4 and IPv6 is missing the pseudo-header calculation while validating ICMPv6 messages from real servers which is a problem if checksum is not validated by the hardware.

Fix the problems by creating ip_vs_checksum_common_check() helper and use it for TCP/UDP/ICMP both for IPv4 and IPv6. Rely on the nf_checksum() for validating the ICMP messages but use it also for TCP and UDP.

Use correct IP offset for IP_VS_DBG_RL_PKT for TCP/UDP/SCTP.

IPVS packets (TCP/UDP/SCTP/ICMP) do not need checksum validation on LOCAL_OUT (local clients or local real servers) and on FORWARD (traffic from servers on LAN). Do it only on LOCAL_IN, in case nf_checksum() is not called on PRE_ROUTING.

Also, ip_vs_checksum_complete() can be marked static.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 2a3b791e6e1169f374224d164738e9f7be703d77 to d418d73acf8be62744dc47359dfdde8c2148845d (excl.)
  • affected from 2a3b791e6e1169f374224d164738e9f7be703d77 to b3869d9b54e76dff64118dee4c8fd9302fcd5171 (excl.)
  • affected from 2a3b791e6e1169f374224d164738e9f7be703d77 to 9cbe2c0fdb71904ee929b1851cdc1c73341a03c0 (excl.)
  • affected from 2a3b791e6e1169f374224d164738e9f7be703d77 to 00eb23829fd08df1b5e057cb6b625996a70e7e65 (excl.)
  • affected from 2a3b791e6e1169f374224d164738e9f7be703d77 to 5558a85add073215b298f3e044ff9a6d86d714ae (excl.)
  • affected from 2a3b791e6e1169f374224d164738e9f7be703d77 to e876b75b9020a97bbdc79721e7fc749024891c65 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 2.6.28 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 2.6.28 (excl.)
  • 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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