CVE-2026-80793
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv4: reject undersized MTUs in ip_do_fragment() ip_do_fragment() subtracts the IPv4 header length from the effective MTU and passes the resulting payload MTU to ip_frag_next(). If the effective MTU is smaller than hlen + 8, ip_frag_next() rounds the fragment payload length down to zero. The fragmentation state then never makes forward progress: state->left, state->ptr and state->offset stay unchanged while ip_do_fragment() keeps allocating and transmitting header-only fragments until the softlockup detector fires. This is reproducible with a route installed using "mtu lock 20", but it is also reproducible without route MTU lock, for example by forwarding a packet to a device whose MTU is 20. Fix it in ip_do_fragment() by rejecting mtu < hlen + 8 with -EMSGSIZE, matching the existing IPv6 fragmentation check.
How to fix
- Linux Linuxa716a64a4ba68cd46f2745fba2b1099fe8e0aa59, 515b6816ba0c12d8415c88e5f41e6ec029e35cfa, 74ce7389f8f562d39015f59a00ef7ad6acd37803, b0ea911453ce7210e8200a07a94d2458bd1e6430, 36e0741833bd823866f8cb9f112f37cea1a70b60, d9d1a676b033acabf8e5645f730486d1f8204a3f, 3556beb8ca86677af2aca5bfbed6f8e790fccc83, c8a74adccaf028223054633b532593101dfcc581, c0726f0caf8c6b3208552949e17d23634a2f3129 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < a716a64a4ba68cd46f2745fba2b1099fe8e0aa59, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < 515b6816ba0c12d8415c88e5f41e6ec029e35cfa, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < 74ce7389f8f562d39015f59a00ef7ad6acd37803, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < b0ea911453ce7210e8200a07a94d2458bd1e6430, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < 36e0741833bd823866f8cb9f112f37cea1a70b60, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < d9d1a676b033acabf8e5645f730486d1f8204a3f, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < 3556beb8ca86677af2aca5bfbed6f8e790fccc83, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < c8a74adccaf028223054633b532593101dfcc581, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 ≤ v < c0726f0caf8c6b3208552949e17d23634a2f3129, 2.6.12 | a716a64a4ba68cd46f2745fba2b1099fe8e0aa59, 515b6816ba0c12d8415c88e5f41e6ec029e35cfa, 74ce7389f8f562d39015f59a00ef7ad6acd37803, b0ea911453ce7210e8200a07a94d2458bd1e6430, 36e0741833bd823866f8cb9f112f37cea1a70b60, d9d1a676b033acabf8e5645f730486d1f8204a3f, 3556beb8ca86677af2aca5bfbed6f8e790fccc83, c8a74adccaf028223054633b532593101dfcc581, c0726f0caf8c6b3208552949e17d23634a2f3129 |
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