Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-96995.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-96995
Upstream
Published
2026-08-21T17:16:44Z
Modified
2026-08-28T17:48:07.220105515Z
Summary
CVE-2026-74582 affecting package kernel 6.6.150.1-1
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

packet: use consistent hardheaderlen in non-ring send paths

packetsnd() reads dev->hardheader_len multiple times while allocating and constructing an skb. Device reconfiguration can change this value concurrently, for example through bonding device type changes.

For SOCKRAW, packetsnd() can save a larger value in reserve and later allocate headroom using a smaller value. Moving skb->data back by reserve then places it before skb->head, and the following copy from userspace can attempt an out-of-bounds write.

packetsendmsgspkt() has the same issue because it calculates its reservation and header offset from separate reads before dropping the RCU read lock to allocate the skb.

Add LLRESERVEDSPACEEX() for callers that already saved a header length. Read hardheaderlen once in packetsnd() and use it for allocation and construction. In packetsendmsgspkt(), preserve the allocation-time value through the device lookup retry.

The separate SOCKDGRAM consistency problem between hardheaderlen and headerops->create is not addressed here.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:3 / kernel

Package

Name
kernel
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Last affected
6.6.150.1-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-96995.json"