ipv6: rpl: reserve mac_len headroom when recompressed SRH grows

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-43501
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-05-21 13:16:19 UTC
Updated2026-06-01 17:17:07 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: rpl: reserve mac_len headroom when recompressed SRH grows ipv6_rpl_srh_rcv() decompresses an RFC 6554 Source Routing Header, swaps the next segment into ipv6_hdr->daddr, recompresses, then pulls the old header and pushes the new one plus the IPv6 header back. The recompressed header can be larger than the received one when the swap reduces the common-prefix length the segments share with daddr (CmprI=0, CmprE>0, seg[0][0] != daddr[0] gives the maximum +8 bytes). pskb_expand_head() was gated on segments_left == 0, so on earlier segments the push consumed unchecked headroom. Once skb_push() leaves fewer than skb->mac_len bytes in front of data, skb_mac_header_rebuild()'s call to: skb_set_mac_header(skb, -skb->mac_len); will store (data - head) - mac_len into the u16 mac_header field, which wraps to ~65530, and the following memmove() writes mac_len bytes ~64KiB past skb->head. A single AF_INET6/SOCK_RAW/IPV6_HDRINCL packet over lo with a two segment type-3 SRH (CmprI=0, CmprE=15) reaches headroom 8 after one pass; KASAN reports a 14-byte OOB write in ipv6_rthdr_rcv. Fix this by expanding the head whenever the remaining room is less than the push size plus mac_len, and request that much extra so the rebuilt MAC header fits afterwards.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

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

EPSS: 0.000700000 probability, percentile 0.215780000 (date 2026-06-04)

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67Secondary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected 8610c7c6e3bd647ff98d21c8bc0580e77bc2f8b3 bde199c72d319a4e207f88daabc888317504e2fb git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 8610c7c6e3bd647ff98d21c8bc0580e77bc2f8b3 be1fa0aa9b4fdd5a8b7a61ba520a690a68391e6e git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 8610c7c6e3bd647ff98d21c8bc0580e77bc2f8b3 0a9e8053f1f8a8e1bfc1dd61ffe67be6c1180402 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 8610c7c6e3bd647ff98d21c8bc0580e77bc2f8b3 8e8be63465a5e80394c70324603dfea1bfdad48f git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 8610c7c6e3bd647ff98d21c8bc0580e77bc2f8b3 4babc2d9fda2df43823b85d08a0180b68f1b0854 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 8610c7c6e3bd647ff98d21c8bc0580e77bc2f8b3 c261d07a80576dc8ccf394ef8f074f8c67a06b37 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 8610c7c6e3bd647ff98d21c8bc0580e77bc2f8b3 7398ebefbfd4f8a31d4f665a4213302fa995494b git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 8610c7c6e3bd647ff98d21c8bc0580e77bc2f8b3 9e6bf146b55999a095bb14f73a843942456d1adc git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 5.7 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.7 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.10.258 5.10.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.15.209 5.15.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.1.175 6.1.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.6.140 6.6.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.12.86 6.12.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.18.27 6.18.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.0.4 7.0.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.1-rc2 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

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git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a9e8053f1f8a8e1bfc1dd61ffe67be6c1180402 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
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git.kernel.org/stable/c/4babc2d9fda2df43823b85d08a0180b68f1b0854 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
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git.kernel.org/stable/c/be1fa0aa9b4fdd5a8b7a61ba520a690a68391e6e 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
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