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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-98096" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-09-25T10:24:27.098Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T09:13:48.508Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:41.756Z" 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-2026-98096" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98096.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98096" title: "ipv6: sr: restore network header before routing and forwarding" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipv6: sr: restore network header before routing and forwarding\n\nipv6_srh_rcv() runs with skb-\u003edata at the Segment Routing Header (SRH)\nwhile skb_network_header() points at the IPv6 header.\n\nWhen segments_left \u003e 0, ipv6_srh_rcv() previously restored the skb-\u003edata\nposition by pushing sizeof(struct ipv6hdr), assuming the SRH immediately\nfollowed the fixed IPv6 header. If another extension header (such as a\nHop-by-Hop options header) precedes the SRH, skb_network_offset()\nremained negative.\n\nThis led to two problems:\n1. During ip6_route_input(), fib6_rules_early_flow_dissect() invokes\n __skb_flow_dissect() which passes the negative skb_network_offset()\n to flow dissection, breaking BPF and C flow dissector logic.\n2. If forwarded via ip6_forward() or redirected via act_mirred, downstream\n handlers (like sch_fragment() or neighbour output) pass the negative\n offset as an unsigned length, triggering OOB memcpy or buffer overflows.\n\nFix this by pushing -skb_network_offset(skb) before routing, ensuring\nskb_network_offset(skb) is 0 for route lookup / flow dissection as well as\ndownstream forwarding. On the loopback path, pull skb_transport_offset(skb)\nto restore skb-\u003edata to the SRH before looping back." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f463c4786cf27376de7dfc0833a12e924a98f698"},{"version":"1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8f44d4160bcdb3136a9145a4b9c7816382976925"},{"version":"1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9cfbe2c381ab6d00a08e7a5b6028865adfb4e1bc"},{"version":"1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"af08f62b5a5a446d6134a92d86771d3d12e0e3da"},{"version":"1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ce4c8beedc19aceeab0e7bdc6f34394fb158c47c"},{"version":"1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"97b21ef57dfabbff660a4672c9fef7edfb720f47"},{"version":"1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3ad7dca5e03bd64c65983a19734337512fd75491"},{"version":"1ababeba4a21f3dba3da3523c670b207fb2feb62","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"975b5b067f525a1b1338c4a3bee1c46545801518"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"4.10","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.10"},{"version":"5.10.271","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.222","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.189","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.158","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.111","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.53","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.2.7","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*"},{"version":"7.3","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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