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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-98402"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-10-14T13:26:02.321Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-19T09:18:55.710Z"
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-2026-98402"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98402.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98402"
title: "net: icmp: avoid invalid transport header access in icmp_send tracepoint"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: icmp: avoid invalid transport header access in icmp_send tracepoint\n\nsyzbot reported a WARNING triggered by DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE():\n\n WARNING: at skb_transport_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3087 [inline]\n WARNING: at udp_hdr include/linux/udp.h:23 [inline]\n WARNING: at do_trace_event_raw_event_icmp_send include/trace/events/icmp.h:30 [inline]\n WARNING: at trace_event_raw_event_icmp_send+0x48c/0x6ec include/trace/events/icmp.h:11\n Call trace:\n  skb_transport_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3087 [inline]\n  udp_hdr include/linux/udp.h:23 [inline]\n  do_trace_event_raw_event_icmp_send include/trace/events/icmp.h:30 [inline]\n  trace_event_raw_event_icmp_send+0x48c/0x6ec include/trace/events/icmp.h:11\n  __traceiter_icmp_send include/trace/events/icmp.h:11 [inline]\n  __do_trace_icmp_send include/trace/events/icmp.h:11 [inline]\n  trace_icmp_send+0x320/0x49c include/trace/events/icmp.h:11\n  __icmp_send+0xcfc/0x11d8 net/ipv4/icmp.c:1013\n  ipv4_send_dest_unreach net/ipv4/route.c:1280 [inline]\n  ipv4_link_failure+0x57c/0x8dc net/ipv4/route.c:1287\n  dst_link_failure include/net/dst.h:438 [inline]\n  vti_tunnel_xmit+0xe40/0x17a4 net/ipv4/ip_vti.c:307\n\nTP_fast_assign() unconditionally calls udp_hdr(skb) before checking\nwhether the packet is UDP. Furthermore, __icmp_send() can be invoked\nfrom paths (e.g., link failures, ARP errors, forwarding, AF_PACKET)\nwhere skb-\u003etransport_header was never initialized (~0U).\n\nUnder CONFIG_DEBUG_NET=y, calling skb_transport_header(skb) triggers\nDEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE(!skb_transport_header_was_set(skb)).\n\nFix this by:\n1. Only parsing transport info when iph-\u003eprotocol == IPPROTO_UDP.\n2. Using skb_header_pointer() at skb_network_offset(skb) + (iph-\u003eihl \u003c\u003c 2)\n   to safely fetch the UDP header without assuming transport_header is set."
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