CVE-2026-90160 PUBLISHED

lwt_bpf: Restore reserved headroom after xmit program

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 11.09.2026 Published: 17.09.2026 Updated: 17.09.2026

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

lwt_bpf: Restore reserved headroom after xmit program

ip_finish_output2() expands an skb to LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev) before LWT xmit. An LWT_XMIT BPF program can then modify the skb head and still return BPF_OK, so bpf_xmit() rechecks the remaining headroom before the skb continues to neighbour output.

That recheck uses dst->dev->hard_header_len. This is not enough for the neighbour cached-header path: neigh_hh_output() copies the cached hardware header using the aligned hh_cache size, HH_DATA_MOD for short headers or HH_DATA_ALIGN(hh_len) otherwise.

On Ethernet, hard_header_len is 14 but the cached copy needs 16 bytes. If an LWT_XMIT BPF program calls bpf_skb_change_head(skb, 1, 0), the skb can still have 15 bytes of headroom after the program. The existing check accepts that, after which neigh_hh_output() hits its headroom warning and drops the skb.

Use LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dst->dev) in the post-BPF headroom check to match the reservation made before LWT xmit.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 3a0af8fd61f90920f6fa04e4f1e9a6a73c1b4fd2 to 753e5cdcca5474d230d62bb3489e5168ab27c272 (excl.)
  • affected from 3a0af8fd61f90920f6fa04e4f1e9a6a73c1b4fd2 to c488071c3441fa34f5a87cd6c12ce2cc6304f20e (excl.)
  • affected from 3a0af8fd61f90920f6fa04e4f1e9a6a73c1b4fd2 to a38c0eb447e2dd0120a2ebcdba470f9505ac8907 (excl.)
  • affected from 3a0af8fd61f90920f6fa04e4f1e9a6a73c1b4fd2 to de2b2004e16f2930eb689175e2c1998b0a68d499 (excl.)
  • affected from 3a0af8fd61f90920f6fa04e4f1e9a6a73c1b4fd2 to 7d043e24520a273c362be5dd7d9c82796879a49b (excl.)
  • affected from 3a0af8fd61f90920f6fa04e4f1e9a6a73c1b4fd2 to 7cf561843ed0ad57501892a65abb77957e6c800f (excl.)
  • affected from 3a0af8fd61f90920f6fa04e4f1e9a6a73c1b4fd2 to 179a5b2171573d94a25c9aa8e1c9f9ac352ad316 (excl.)
  • affected from 3a0af8fd61f90920f6fa04e4f1e9a6a73c1b4fd2 to 5fe7007aed9ad069b2bd77e5d0c875c64f5c0269 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 4.10 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 4.10 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.270 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.221 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.188 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.157 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.110 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.52 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.6 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc1 to * (incl.)

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