CVE-2026-45850

MEDIUM

ipvs: skip ipv6 extension headers for csum checks

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipvs: skip ipv6 extension headers for csum checks Protocol checksum validation fails for IPv6 if there are extension headers before the protocol header. iph->len already contains its offset, so use it to fix the problem.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 5.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (26)
linux/Kernel 2.6.28 - 5.10.259linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.210linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.176linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.36linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 6.19.4linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.143linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.94linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.28
Linux/Linux 0bbdd42b7efa66685b6d74701bcde3a596a3a59d - 05cfe9863ef049d98141dc2969eefde72fb07625
Linux/Linux 0bbdd42b7efa66685b6d74701bcde3a596a3a59d - 0bf92a90bf05ecafe52e92d5bc15a585021a64ac
... and 16 more
Published May 27, 2026
Tracked Since May 27, 2026