CVE-2026-97984

Unknown

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ipv6: Fix UDP length overflow with PMTU discover and big MTU This commit bounds cork->base.fragsize to IP6_MAX_MTU for UDP sockets to avoid a possible overflow of UDP length that triggers a WARN in udp_set_len_short when setsockopt IPV6_MTU_DISCOVER is set to IPV6_PMTUDISC_DO or IPV6_PMTUDISC_PROBE, and a large packet is sent over a netdev with an unusually large MTU. Steps to reproduce (included in the new selftest): 1. Set device MTU bigger than IP6_MAX_MTU. cork->base.fragsize will be set to that MTU in ip6_setup_cork. 2. Set IPV6_MTU_DISCOVER to IPV6_PMTUDISC_PROBE or IPV6_PMTUDISC_DO. It lets maxnonfragsize be set to device MTU (cork->fragsize) in __ip6_append_data, rather than to IP6_MAX_MTU. 3. Send 65528 bytes of payload (+8 bytes of UDP header, +40 bytes of IPv6 header). Device MTU allows it (it's only one byte bigger than IP6_MAX_MTU, and the device MTU is bigger than that). 4. The UDP length in the built packet is 65536, which overflows the 16-bit length field and triggers the WARN in udp_set_len_short. To avoid breaking sending UDP jumbograms over raw IPv6 sockets, limit the change to UDP sockets only. The original overflow bug with IPv6 and IPV6_PMTUDISC_DO seems to predate git history (verified reproduction on 2.6.21), was fixed later, and then reappeared in commit 427faee167bc ("net: ipv6: introduce ip6_dst_mtu_maybe_forward"), which is chosen as the Fixes tag here. The overflow with IPV6_PMTUDISC_PROBE reproduces since its introduction in commit 628a5c561890 ("[INET]: Add IP(V6)_PMTUDISC_RPOBE").

SeverityUnknown
CVSS—
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedSep 25, 2026
First seenSep 25, 2026

How to fix

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  • Linux Linux1dd562f3019019ffdf4b396570613053facda9ee, 1d56a00ec91f2885c64ea5b8cea18cb746b91bbb, ce66352d3eb21825410af8b91db7cc4bb8e22c98, e01b7c176d9af2b7c22bb3fe12cf9a7904f99fdc, 0ae10b6be49b425827659b23bcce498f80eb7182 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linux427faee167bce4ccb0b22f6815a9ac509e31d4c3 ≤ v < 1dd562f3019019ffdf4b396570613053facda9ee, 427faee167bce4ccb0b22f6815a9ac509e31d4c3 ≤ v < 1d56a00ec91f2885c64ea5b8cea18cb746b91bbb, 427faee167bce4ccb0b22f6815a9ac509e31d4c3 ≤ v < ce66352d3eb21825410af8b91db7cc4bb8e22c98, 427faee167bce4ccb0b22f6815a9ac509e31d4c3 ≤ v < e01b7c176d9af2b7c22bb3fe12cf9a7904f99fdc, 427faee167bce4ccb0b22f6815a9ac509e31d4c3 ≤ v < 0ae10b6be49b425827659b23bcce498f80eb7182, 5.151dd562f3019019ffdf4b396570613053facda9ee, 1d56a00ec91f2885c64ea5b8cea18cb746b91bbb, ce66352d3eb21825410af8b91db7cc4bb8e22c98, e01b7c176d9af2b7c22bb3fe12cf9a7904f99fdc, 0ae10b6be49b425827659b23bcce498f80eb7182

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