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GHSA-8CG3-6H68-W2CJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-25 09:31 – Updated: 2026-06-28 09:31

Details

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

netfilter: require Ethernet MAC header before using eth_hdr()

ip6t_eui64, xt_mac, the bitmap:ip,mac, hash:ip,mac, and hash:mac ipset types, and nf_log_syslog access eth_hdr(skb) after either assuming that the skb is associated with an Ethernet device or checking only that the ETH_HLEN bytes at skb_mac_header(skb) lie between skb->head and skb->data.

Make these paths first verify that the skb is associated with an Ethernet device, that the MAC header was set, and that it spans at least a full Ethernet header before accessing eth_hdr(skb).

Severity

9.4 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H

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  "modified": "2026-06-28T09:31:42Z",
  "published": "2026-06-25T09:31:18Z",
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CVE-2026-53131 (GCVE-0-2026-53131)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-25 08:38 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:33

Title

netfilter: require Ethernet MAC header before using eth_hdr()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: require Ethernet MAC header before using eth_hdr() `ip6t_eui64`, `xt_mac`, the `bitmap:ip,mac`, `hash:ip,mac`, and `hash:mac` ipset types, and `nf_log_syslog` access `eth_hdr(skb)` after either assuming that the skb is associated with an Ethernet device or checking only that the `ETH_HLEN` bytes at `skb_mac_header(skb)` lie between `skb->head` and `skb->data`. Make these paths first verify that the skb is associated with an Ethernet device, that the MAC header was set, and that it spans at least a full Ethernet header before accessing `eth_hdr(skb)`.

Severity

9.4 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4435888e1bf139d2b…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/063f43361e884acd7…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/726abf97566867f80…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/367abcacc13a8e2e7…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d634afb8b83b49de…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cea435ea7e868ea6f…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62443dc21114c0bbc…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 4435888e1bf139d2bfe5911643d4217382136743 (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 063f43361e884acd7300790e90194430275d0d0c (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 726abf97566867f808fec9d8a408eb9698bd570a (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 367abcacc13a8e2e7624408b7f593bd1e60e49d9 (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 5d634afb8b83b49de562792fd0d047416a43bd4d (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < cea435ea7e868ea6fdf039bc4f2090c1d829b556 (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 62443dc21114c0bbc476fa62973db89743f2f137 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 2.6.12 Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.12 (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.210 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.176 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.143 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.94 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.36 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0.13 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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