CVE-2026-43037

CRITICAL

ip6_tunnel: clear skb2->cb[] in ip4ip6_err()

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ip6_tunnel: clear skb2->cb[] in ip4ip6_err() Oskar Kjos reported the following problem. ip4ip6_err() calls icmp_send() on a cloned skb whose cb[] was written by the IPv6 receive path as struct inet6_skb_parm. icmp_send() passes IPCB(skb2) to __ip_options_echo(), which interprets that cb[] region as struct inet_skb_parm (IPv4). The layouts differ: inet6_skb_parm.nhoff at offset 14 overlaps inet_skb_parm.opt.rr, producing a non-zero rr value. __ip_options_echo() then reads optlen from attacker-controlled packet data at sptr[rr+1] and copies that many bytes into dopt->__data, a fixed 40-byte stack buffer (IP_OPTIONS_DATA_FIXED_SIZE). To fix this we clear skb2->cb[], as suggested by Oskar Kjos. Also add minimal IPv4 header validation (version == 4, ihl >= 5).

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 29.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (20)
Linux/Linux < 2.6.22
Linux/Linux 2.6.22
Linux/Linux 5.10.253 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.203 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.168 - 6.1.*
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
... and 10 more
Published May 01, 2026
Tracked Since May 01, 2026