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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-31517"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-04-22T13:54:33.522Z"
updatedAt: "2026-05-11T22:10:19.646Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:02.025Z"
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-2026-31517"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-31517.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31517"
title: "xfrm: iptfs: fix skb_put() panic on non-linear skb during reassembly"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nxfrm: iptfs: fix skb_put() panic on non-linear skb during reassembly\n\nIn iptfs_reassem_cont(), IP-TFS attempts to append data to the new inner\npacket 'newskb' that is being reassembled. First a zero-copy approach is\ntried if it succeeds then newskb becomes non-linear.\n\nWhen a subsequent fragment in the same datagram does not meet the\nfast-path conditions, a memory copy is performed. It calls skb_put() to\nappend the data and as newskb is non-linear it triggers\nSKB_LINEAR_ASSERT check.\n\n Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI\n [...]\n RIP: 0010:skb_put+0x3c/0x40\n [...]\n Call Trace:\n  \u003cIRQ\u003e\n  iptfs_reassem_cont+0x1ab/0x5e0 [xfrm_iptfs]\n  iptfs_input_ordered+0x2af/0x380 [xfrm_iptfs]\n  iptfs_input+0x122/0x3e0 [xfrm_iptfs]\n  xfrm_input+0x91e/0x1a50\n  xfrm4_esp_rcv+0x3a/0x110\n  ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x1d7/0x1f0\n  ip_local_deliver_finish+0xbe/0x1e0\n  __netif_receive_skb_core.constprop.0+0xb56/0x1120\n  __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x133/0x2b0\n  netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0x1ff/0x3f0\n  napi_complete_done+0x81/0x220\n  virtnet_poll+0x9d6/0x116e [virtio_net]\n  __napi_poll.constprop.0+0x2b/0x270\n  net_rx_action+0x162/0x360\n  handle_softirqs+0xdc/0x510\n  __irq_exit_rcu+0xe7/0x110\n  irq_exit_rcu+0xe/0x20\n  common_interrupt+0x85/0xa0\n  \u003c/IRQ\u003e\n  \u003cTASK\u003e\n\nFix this by checking if the skb is non-linear. If it is, linearize it by\ncalling skb_linearize(). As the initial allocation of newskb originally\nreserved enough tailroom for the entire reassembled packet we do not\nneed to check if we have enough tailroom or extend it."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"5f2b6a9095743a6bf1f34c43c4fe78fa8bdf5ad7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"33a7b36268933c75bdc355e5531951e0ea9f1951"},{"version":"5f2b6a9095743a6bf1f34c43c4fe78fa8bdf5ad7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7fdfe8f6efeb0e1200e22a903f2471539f54522b"},{"version":"5f2b6a9095743a6bf1f34c43c4fe78fa8bdf5ad7","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"0b352f83cabfefdaafa806d6471f0eca117dc7d5"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.14","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.14"},{"version":"6.18.21","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"6.19.11","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.19.*"},{"version":"7.0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}]

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