CVE-2026-98306
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2026
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
seg6: set IPSKB_L3SLAVE from IP6SKB_L3SLAVE on IPIP decapsulation
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: seg6: set IPSKB_L3SLAVE from IP6SKB_L3SLAVE on IPIP decapsulation When an SRv6 packet arrives on an interface enslaved to a VRF, vrf_ip6_rcv() sets IP6SKB_L3SLAVE in IP6CB, but decap_and_validate() has never set IPSKB_L3SLAVE in IPCB. The bit stayed clear in the common case, and with CONFIG_IPV6_MIP6 the leftover frag_max_size of a reassembled outer packet could even set it, with no VRF involved. Commit 44930446dde4 ("ipv6: seg6: clear IPv4 control block on IPIP decapsulation") then made the unreliable bit reliably clear. The effect of the missing flag is visible with End.DX4 when a delivery to a local address of the node reaches the socket lookup. For example, a UDP socket bound to the enslaved ingress interface does not receive any of the decapsulated packets, while an unbound socket outside the VRF does. This contradicts Documentation/networking/vrf.rst: by default the scope of an unbound UDP or TCP socket is limited to the default VRF. Set IPSKB_L3SLAVE for IPv4 in decap_and_validate(), which already does the same for IPv6. The socket lookup then matches the decapsulated packet like any other packet received on that enslaved interface. Such a packet matches an unbound UDP or TCP socket only when udp_l3mdev_accept or tcp_l3mdev_accept is set.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 891ef8dd2a8d14e4e73a81dcdb135b574c57f556 | affected | git | 1d9f5c78903dd25a3556229eb716dd465c5f3573 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 891ef8dd2a8d14e4e73a81dcdb135b574c57f556 | affected | git | 72f410616000d21a0a6ec6c93a60301b9c92e95c | Unavailable | None listed |
| 891ef8dd2a8d14e4e73a81dcdb135b574c57f556 | affected | git | e4d7c52f15f572608374947c6c802052e1a2fc82 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 891ef8dd2a8d14e4e73a81dcdb135b574c57f556 | affected | git | 5130afa025c95faa621adf8bac525baeb2b290d2 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 891ef8dd2a8d14e4e73a81dcdb135b574c57f556 | affected | git | f8fb4738ccef5f9d107845b05734a56352747b1a | Unavailable | None listed |
| 891ef8dd2a8d14e4e73a81dcdb135b574c57f556 | affected | git | ddf60220c925b54a1714c4722fdbdb12833232d0 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 891ef8dd2a8d14e4e73a81dcdb135b574c57f556 | affected | git | 8c16e1ccc082a3763dfc6bc2d3f658c1a6336f9d | Unavailable | None listed |
| 891ef8dd2a8d14e4e73a81dcdb135b574c57f556 | affected | git | 7616242a2b37883f7322aaa1d2bd6cd0fed28315 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.14 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 4.14 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.10.271 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.10.* | None listed |
| 5.15.222 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 6.1.189 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.6.158 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.12.112 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.18.54 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.18.* | None listed |
| 7.2.8 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 7.2.* | None listed |
| 7.3 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |