CVE-2026-46266

CRITICAL

inet: RAW sockets using IPPROTO_RAW MUST drop incoming ICMP

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: inet: RAW sockets using IPPROTO_RAW MUST drop incoming ICMP Yizhou Zhao reported that simply having one RAW socket on protocol IPPROTO_RAW (255) was dangerous. socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, 255); A malicious incoming ICMP packet can set the protocol field to 255 and match this socket, leading to FNHE cache changes. inner = IP(src="192.168.2.1", dst="8.8.8.8", proto=255)/Raw("TEST") pkt = IP(src="192.168.1.1", dst="192.168.2.1")/ICMP(type=3, code=4, nexthopmtu=576)/inner "man 7 raw" states: A protocol of IPPROTO_RAW implies enabled IP_HDRINCL and is able to send any IP protocol that is specified in the passed header. Receiving of all IP protocols via IPPROTO_RAW is not possible using raw sockets. Make sure we drop these malicious packets.

Scores

CVSS v3 9.1
EPSS 0.0035
EPSS Percentile 26.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (18)
linux/Kernel 2.6.12 - 6.6.128linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.14linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 6.19.4linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.75linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.12
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 19e42490c89bac9a388f28179e66bebbef350f99
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 531c1aec81bfe19d00af13da5531fbb8209e4bd2
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 719d3932b8f6e3348ce2f0ac58e278301fc17575
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - c89477ad79446867394360b29bb801010fc3ff22
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - db76b75ede3810e7cf9cfea5067d4f3e0993768b
... and 8 more
Published Jun 03, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 03, 2026