CVE-2026-43501

EUVD-2026-31276
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ipv6: rpl: reserve mac_len headroom when recompressed SRH grows

ipv6_rpl_srh_rcv() decompresses an RFC 6554 Source Routing Header, swaps
the next segment into ipv6_hdr->daddr, recompresses, then pulls the old
header and pushes the new one plus the IPv6 header back.  The
recompressed header can be larger than the received one when the swap
reduces the common-prefix length the segments share with daddr (CmprI=0,
CmprE>0, seg[0][0] != daddr[0] gives the maximum +8 bytes).

pskb_expand_head() was gated on segments_left == 0, so on earlier
segments the push consumed unchecked headroom.  Once skb_push() leaves
fewer than skb->mac_len bytes in front of data,
skb_mac_header_rebuild()'s call to:

	skb_set_mac_header(skb, -skb->mac_len);

will store (data - head) - mac_len into the u16 mac_header field, which
wraps to ~65530, and the following memmove() writes mac_len bytes ~64KiB
past skb->head.

A single AF_INET6/SOCK_RAW/IPV6_HDRINCL packet over lo with a two
segment type-3 SRH (CmprI=0, CmprE=15) reaches headroom 8 after one
pass; KASAN reports a 14-byte OOB write in ipv6_rthdr_rcv.

Fix this by expanding the head whenever the remaining room is less than
the push size plus mac_len, and request that much extra so the rebuilt
MAC header fits afterwards.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
9.8 CRITICAL
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 37%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
5.7 ≤
𝑥
< 5.10.258
linuxlinux_kernel
5.11 ≤
𝑥
< 5.15.209
linuxlinux_kernel
5.16 ≤
𝑥
< 6.1.175
linuxlinux_kernel
6.2 ≤
𝑥
< 6.6.140
linuxlinux_kernel
6.7 ≤
𝑥
< 6.12.86
linuxlinux_kernel
6.13 ≤
𝑥
< 6.18.27
linuxlinux_kernel
6.19 ≤
𝑥
< 7.0.4
linuxlinux_kernel
7.1:rc1
𝑥
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bookworm
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bookworm (security)
6.1.176-1
fixed
bullseye
vulnerable
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5.10.259-1
fixed
forky
7.0.13-1
fixed
sid
7.1.3-1
fixed
trixie
6.12.86-1
fixed
trixie (security)
6.12.94-1
fixed
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5.14.21-150500.55.169.1
fixed
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6.4.0-150600.23.115.1
fixed
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5.14.21-150500.55.169.1
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6.4.0-150600.23.115.1
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6.4.0-150700.53.60.1
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5.14.21-150400.24.222.1
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5.14.21-150500.55.169.1
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6.4.0-150600.23.115.1
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5.14.21-150500.55.169.1
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5.14.21-150400.24.222.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP5
5.14.21-150500.55.169.1
fixed
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6.4.0-150600.23.115.1
fixed
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6.4.0-150700.53.60.1
fixed
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5.14.21-150500.55.169.1
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6.4.0-150600.23.115.1
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5.14.21-150400.24.222.1
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