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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2026-72250

Change History

New CVE Received from kernel.org 8/15/2026 2:21:52 AM

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Added Description

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

netfilter: nf_conntrack_reasm: guard mac_header adjustment after IPv6 defrag

nf_ct_frag6_reasm() slides the packet head forward to drop the IPv6
fragment header and then unconditionally advances skb->mac_header:

	skb->mac_header += sizeof(struct frag_hdr);

On the NF_INET_LOCAL_OUT defrag path the skb has no link-layer header
yet, so skb->mac_header is still the "not set" sentinel (u16)~0U. Adding
sizeof(struct frag_hdr) wraps it to a small value (0xffff + 8 == 7),
after which skb_mac_header_was_set() wrongly reports a MAC header is
present and skb_mac_header() points into the headroom.

The reassembler has done this unconditional add since it was introduced;
it was harmless while mac_header was a bare pointer, but wrong once
mac_header became a u16 offset whose unset state is the ~0U sentinel
tested by skb_mac_header_was_set(). The sibling net/ipv6/reassembly.c
does the same relocation and does guard the adjustment; mirror the
guard here.
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00bdce2fda7e430d24cfbc96764a1b96deb31f82
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a95ec21824a8ad81ad660b12231456fc0ac9830
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b08fed5b7e0d5e3a25d73ef3ba09cd33ade16c9
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53ef70a315420ed31581d38343684b3bf9a3c76d
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e8cd710ca35c576f5f2e5a396047c9ac61f75e5
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a58230f3a7c4f6c3261786bc1efb72c42e68cd25
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbcdef2061b170af45702ce6b359c02c12acfc94
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd0d7bbc027b4d3329712cdcdeb4e5567ffd0d58
Added Affected

                  
                
              
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