CVE-2026-64132

Critical

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: ioam: refresh hdr pointer before ioam6_event() Reported by Sashiko: In ipv6_hop_ioam(), the hdr pointer is initialized to point into the skb's linear data buffer. Later, the code calls skb_ensure_writable(), which might reallocate the buffer: if (skb_ensure_writable(skb, optoff + 2 + hdr->opt_len)) goto drop; /* Trace pointer may have changed */ trace = (struct ioam6_trace_hdr *)(skb_network_header(skb) + optoff + sizeof(*hdr)); ioam6_fill_trace_data(skb, ns, trace, true); ioam6_event(IOAM6_EVENT_TRACE, dev_net(skb->dev), GFP_ATOMIC, (void *)trace, hdr->opt_len - 2); If the skb is cloned or lacks sufficient linear headroom, skb_ensure_writable() will invoke pskb_expand_head(), which reallocates the skb's data buffer and frees the old one, invalidating pointers to it. While the code recalculates the trace pointer immediately after the call to skb_ensure_writable(), it fails to recalculate the hdr pointer. This patch fixes the above by recalculating the hdr pointer before passing hdr->opt_len to ioam6_event(), so that we avoid any UaF.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedJul 19, 2026
First seenJul 19, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel6.12.92, 6.18.34, 7.0.11 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel6.9 ≤ v < 6.12.92, 6.13 ≤ v < 6.18.34, 6.19 ≤ v < 7.0.11, 7.16.12.92, 6.18.34, 7.0.11

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