Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: sched: act_csum: validate nested VLAN headers tcf_csum_act() walks nested VLAN headers directly from skb->data when an skb still carries in-payload VLAN tags. The current code reads vlan->h_vlan_encapsulated_proto and then pulls VLAN_HLEN bytes without first ensuring that the full VLAN header is present in the linear area. If only part of an inner VLAN header is linearized, accessing h_vlan_encapsulated_proto reads past the linear area, and the following skb_pull(VLAN_HLEN) may violate skb invariants. Fix this by requiring pskb_may_pull(skb, VLAN_HLEN) before accessing and pulling each nested VLAN header. If the header still is not fully available, drop the packet through the existing error path.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References8
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d165d975305cf76ff0b10a3c798fb31e5f5f9a5 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a69738efea0996d05a3c7d2178551b891744df1b Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c842743d073bdd683606cb414eb0ca84465dd834 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb3765b90eb8f2a3d6310a80c14a9e57ec4267a2 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec4930979b3f7bbeb7af5744599fc6603a4dba62 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0410c619e86551677fb79887a38eccad3f5a0725
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/46c07ad50fa2f4ba7663ee1b72b75ad7ad45cf09
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/886469b6455611a511aa6013e957e15e50577513
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.5
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 2 · as of 13 November 2026
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