High 7.4Published Sep 25, 2026

CVE-2026-98096ipv6: sr: restore network header before routing and forwarding

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 8:10 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: sr: restore network header before routing and forwarding ipv6_srh_rcv() runs with skb->data at the Segment Routing Header (SRH) while skb_network_header() points at the IPv6 header. When segments_left > 0, ipv6_srh_rcv() previously restored the skb->data position by pushing sizeof(struct ipv6hdr), assuming the SRH immediately followed the fixed IPv6 header. If another extension header (such as a Hop-by-Hop options header) precedes the SRH, skb_network_offset() remained negative. This led to two problems: 1. During ip6_route_input(), fib6_rules_early_flow_dissect() invokes __skb_flow_dissect() which passes the negative skb_network_offset() to flow dissection, breaking BPF and C flow dissector logic. 2. If forwarded via ip6_forward() or redirected via act_mirred, downstream handlers (like sch_fragment() or neighbour output) pass the negative offset as an unsigned length, triggering OOB memcpy or buffer overflows. Fix this by pushing -skb_network_offset(skb) before routing, ensuring skb_network_offset(skb) is 0 for route lookup / flow dissection as well as downstream forwarding. On the loopback path, pull skb_transport_offset(skb) to restore skb->data to the SRH before looping back.

CVSS: 7.4 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Undergoing Analysis
Record last updated: Oct 19, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62 before f463c4786cf27376de7dfc0833a12e924a98f698; from 1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62 before 8f44d4160bcdb3136a9145a4b9c7816382976925; from 1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62 before 9cfbe2c381ab6d00a08e7a5b6028865adfb4e1bc; from 1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62 before af08f62b5a5a446d6134a92d86771d3d12e0e3da; from 1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62 before ce4c8beedc19aceeab0e7bdc6f34394fb158c47c; from 1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62 before 97b21ef57dfabbff660a4672c9fef7edfb720f47; from 1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62 before 3ad7dca5e03bd64c65983a19734337512fd75491; from 1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62 before 975b5b067f525a1b1338c4a3bee1c46545801518	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f463c4786cf27376de7dfc0833a12e924a98f698
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f44d4160bcdb3136a9145a4b9c7816382976925
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cfbe2c381ab6d00a08e7a5b6028865adfb4e1bc
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af08f62b5a5a446d6134a92d86771d3d12e0e3da
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce4c8beedc19aceeab0e7bdc6f34394fb158c47c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97b21ef57dfabbff660a4672c9fef7edfb720f47
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ad7dca5e03bd64c65983a19734337512fd75491
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/975b5b067f525a1b1338c4a3bee1c46545801518

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