CVE-2026-72442

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72442
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72442.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-72442
Downstream
Published
2026-08-15T05:56:53.941Z
Modified
2026-08-18T03:56:55.882685953Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
netfilter: flowtable: fix and simplify IP6IP6 tunnel handling
Details

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

netfilter: flowtable: fix and simplify IP6IP6 tunnel handling

Fix nfflowip6tunnelproto() to use pskbmaypull() instead of skbheaderpointer() to ensure the outer IPv6 header is in the skb headroom, which is required for subsequent packet processing. Move ctx->offset update inside the IPPROTOIPV6 conditional block since it should only be adjusted when an IP6IP6 tunnel is actually detected. Simplify the rx path by removing ipv6skipexthdr() and checking ip6h->nexthdr directly, as the flowtable fast path only handles simple IP6IP6 encapsulation without extension headers. Drop the tunnel encapsulation limit destination option support from the tx path to match, since the rx path no longer handles extension headers. Remove the encaplimit parameter from nfflowoffloadipv6forward(), nfflowtunnelip6ip6push() and nfflowtunnelv6push(), along with the ipv6teltxoption struct and related headroom/MTU adjustments.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72442.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
d98103575dcdd3a730e0901ab457791a9ac6930c
Fixed
7f8d816a9aa2729d270418f00c9ef5e85bfc1b31
Fixed
f4c2d8668d85ed125985da663c824a9c25498257

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72442.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
7.0.0
Fixed
7.1.5

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72442.json"