CVE-2026-31675

HIGH

net/sched: sch_netem: fix out-of-bounds access in packet corruption

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: sch_netem: fix out-of-bounds access in packet corruption In netem_enqueue(), the packet corruption logic uses get_random_u32_below(skb_headlen(skb)) to select an index for modifying skb->data. When an AF_PACKET TX_RING sends fully non-linear packets over an IPIP tunnel, skb_headlen(skb) evaluates to 0. Passing 0 to get_random_u32_below() takes the variable-ceil slow path which returns an unconstrained 32-bit random integer. Using this unconstrained value as an offset into skb->data results in an out-of-bounds memory access. Fix this by verifying skb_headlen(skb) is non-zero before attempting to corrupt the linear data area. Fully non-linear packets will silently bypass the corruption logic.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (14)
Linux/Linux < 2.6.16
Linux/Linux 2.6.16
Linux/Linux 6.12.81 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.18.22 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.19.12 - 6.19.*
Linux/Linux 6.6.134 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux 7.0
Linux/Linux c865e5d99e25a171e8262fc0f7ba608568633c64 - 13a66ca1e235d4bcd53d12d4c68490cad7f8e46f
Linux/Linux c865e5d99e25a171e8262fc0f7ba608568633c64 - 3a2999704ac36cfb4041fed3652d26a3373e8d12
Linux/Linux c865e5d99e25a171e8262fc0f7ba608568633c64 - 4fd258e281fa8bc15e9ce2c7691941537e9258ad
... and 4 more
Published Apr 25, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 25, 2026