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CVE-2026-72348 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ip6tables: mark malformed IPv6 extension headers for hotdrop The ah, hbh and rt matches check that the fixed extension header is present, then use the header length field to derive the advertised extension header length for matching. For the ah match, add the missing advertised-length check. For hbh and rt, update the existing advertised-length checks. In all three cases, set hotdrop to true before returning false when the advertised extension header length exceeds the available skb data. Returning false treats the packet as a rule mismatch. Set hotdrop to true and drop malformed packets so they cannot bypass rules intended to drop packets with these IPv6 extension headers.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fd89a50a9783eed8ed23866b11c8b3d8779a7a8 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3578b6d92a5b1e603ae6e8c8f5538a709f03aba4 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d441be2b1c5e98167302fa1c7b61960a067b112 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43ccc20b5a733226417832cf16ef45322e594990 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5e39e5eb6b30bc4a3bb7aba54c293cf36a806c7 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f16d856b6af5fd0e7cb0b0212f70825b599ef72e kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f775fcf384b06f35b612f78fa5601fee99eb6513 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc416870100cf16d5b9495199355a679c3a02d48 kernel.org

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-72348
NVD Published Date:
08/15/2026
NVD Last Modified:
08/15/2026
Source:
kernel.org