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CVE-2026-72296 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ife: require ETH_HLEN to be pullable in ife_decode() ife decode may return after making only the outer IFE header and metadata pullable. The caller then passes the decapsulated packet to eth_type_trans(), which expects the inner Ethernet header to be accessible from the linear data area. With a malformed IFE frame, the inner Ethernet header may still be shorter than ETH_HLEN in the linear area, which can lead to a crash in the original code. Fix this by extending the pull check in ife_decode() so that the inner Ethernet header is also guaranteed to be pullable before returning.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cb42ec10294a55380e52e674b3df2b962648242 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5526d1997aea6c9bd865ca4d4894b52e799d735c kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70013f9163bef7fbd9fa62f81cf91b2a7ba66163 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c8818e52fddb247ff3214622401a4de6ff8482e kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9406f6012b7343661efb516a11c62d4db2b62f75 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9433578bff9c100c466a6354574892e55293cb8f kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b69ad768cd4a2ef4e07c18492ae85438ed17c7cb kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be272e159dfe1207b67332ad6e17adcf59b4ea4b kernel.org

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-72296
NVD Published Date:
08/15/2026
NVD Last Modified:
08/15/2026
Source:
kernel.org