CVE-2026-23204 (GCVE-0-2026-23204)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-14 16:27 – Updated: 2026-02-14 16:27
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Title
net/sched: cls_u32: use skb_header_pointer_careful()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: cls_u32: use skb_header_pointer_careful() skb_header_pointer() does not fully validate negative @offset values. Use skb_header_pointer_careful() instead. GangMin Kim provided a report and a repro fooling u32_classify(): BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in u32_classify+0x1180/0x11b0 net/sched/cls_u32.c:221
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Linux Linux Affected: fbc2e7d9cf49e0bf89b9e91fd60a06851a855c5d , < 13336a6239b9d7c6e61483017bb8bdfe3ceb10a5 (git)
Affected: fbc2e7d9cf49e0bf89b9e91fd60a06851a855c5d , < e41a23e61259f5526af875c3b86b3d42a9bae0e5 (git)
Affected: fbc2e7d9cf49e0bf89b9e91fd60a06851a855c5d , < 8a672f177ebe19c93d795fbe967846084fbc7943 (git)
Affected: fbc2e7d9cf49e0bf89b9e91fd60a06851a855c5d , < cabd1a976375780dabab888784e356f574bbaed8 (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 2.6.35
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.35 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.124 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.70 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.10 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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