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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-64554" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-07-27T20:10:41.726Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T20:48:40.742Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z" 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-2026-64554" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-64554.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64554" title: "netfilter: bridge: fix stale prevhdr pointer in br_ip6_fragment()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: bridge: fix stale prevhdr pointer in br_ip6_fragment()\n\nbr_ip6_fragment() gets prevhdr, a pointer into the skb head, from\nip6_find_1stfragopt(), then calls skb_checksum_help(). For a cloned skb\nskb_checksum_help() reallocates the head via pskb_expand_head(), leaving\nprevhdr dangling. It is later dereferenced in ip6_frag_next(), causing a\nuse-after-free write.\n\nSave prevhdr's offset before skb_checksum_help() and recompute it after,\nlike commit ef0efcd3bd3f (\"ipv6: Fix dangling pointer when ipv6\nfragment\").\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ip6_frag_next (net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:857)\n Write of size 1 at addr ffff888013ff5016 by task exploit/141\n Call Trace:\n ...\n kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:595)\n ip6_frag_next (net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:857)\n br_ip6_fragment (net/ipv6/netfilter.c:212)\n nf_ct_bridge_post (net/bridge/netfilter/nf_conntrack_bridge.c:407)\n nf_hook_slow (net/netfilter/core.c:619)\n br_forward_finish (net/bridge/br_forward.c:66)\n __br_forward (net/bridge/br_forward.c:115)\n maybe_deliver (net/bridge/br_forward.c:191)\n br_flood (net/bridge/br_forward.c:245)\n br_handle_frame_finish (net/bridge/br_input.c:229)\n br_handle_frame (net/bridge/br_input.c:442)\n ...\n packet_sendmsg (net/packet/af_packet.c:3114)\n ...\n do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94)\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121)\n Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"764dd163ac922f8683b5bcd3007251ce7b26cd33","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8c10778ec674b67a07ea042fcba64270f3f38a5a"},{"version":"764dd163ac922f8683b5bcd3007251ce7b26cd33","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"2731efa6364e47934c96eb69e01ea131e8af8030"},{"version":"764dd163ac922f8683b5bcd3007251ce7b26cd33","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"00c06ef8c018493943891a7d0ca82b71b24f3180"},{"version":"764dd163ac922f8683b5bcd3007251ce7b26cd33","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c141f69d0a0fb16964dbc293650047e69bda8af7"},{"version":"764dd163ac922f8683b5bcd3007251ce7b26cd33","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f2e6596d10783557aeb9668da2a3b4d19deb2001"},{"version":"764dd163ac922f8683b5bcd3007251ce7b26cd33","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"1c4f67c89fd27c4df4c70b135c2c59627698b3c0"},{"version":"764dd163ac922f8683b5bcd3007251ce7b26cd33","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4ac981a8b7ce7aec99a52d08f8a8953e8e120067"},{"version":"764dd163ac922f8683b5bcd3007251ce7b26cd33","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"86f3ce81dd2b4b0aa2c3016c989a943e4b1b643d"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.3","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.3"},{"version":"5.10.261","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.212","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.178","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.145","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.97","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.40","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.1.5","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*"},{"version":"7.2","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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