{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-99041", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-09-25T10:25:14.387Z", "datePublished": "2026-10-23T12:22:00.403Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-30T12:41:14.790Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-30T12:41:14.790Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nip6_gre: remove obsolete ERSPAN PMTU update\n\nA tc tunnel_key action can attach a METADATA_IP_TUNNEL dst to an skb,\nand mirred can redirect it to a native ip6erspan device. The legacy PMTU\nupdate in ip6erspan_tunnel_xmit() treats that metadata dst as a route.\nSince it has no output device, dst_dev(dst)->mtu dereferences NULL.\n\nOn v7.2 with KASAN, an initial UID/GID 65534 process with CapEff 0 used\nself-created user and network namespaces to trigger:\n\n KASAN: null-ptr-deref\n RIP: ip6erspan_tunnel_xmit+0x10fc/0x2cc0\n Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt\n\nThe update is obsolete. Commit fe1a4ca0a2b7 (\"ip6_gre: process toobig\nin a better way\") changed IPv6 GRE Too Big handling to update the\nunderlay route and removed the equivalent block from __gre6_xmit().\nip6_tnl_xmit() then propagates the underlay PMTU to the overlay route.\n\nRemove the stale ERSPAN copy and its now-unused dst variable. This\neliminates the metadata-dst dereference and keeps ERSPAN aligned with\nIPv6 GRE PMTU handling." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "5a963eb61b7c39e6c422b6e48619d19d04719358", "lessThan": "2e151c74bcc53e3ed313bd1c21b0d5bb442edbc0", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "5a963eb61b7c39e6c422b6e48619d19d04719358", "lessThan": "ba72ed1c8476ce68eb7152dfcbc5330cefcbaa91", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "5a963eb61b7c39e6c422b6e48619d19d04719358", "lessThan": "b14a682ad7d45345701e08f9279d483a1da8b36c", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "5a963eb61b7c39e6c422b6e48619d19d04719358", "lessThan": "f5b143f4cd3fb7673df8d727550478a4b762908a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "5a963eb61b7c39e6c422b6e48619d19d04719358", "lessThan": "2d06cb25a497d3a7034ef9d172626c2d6620a0f1", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "5a963eb61b7c39e6c422b6e48619d19d04719358", "lessThan": "8f27260b989f488760289276377db24fbfb20bfa", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "5a963eb61b7c39e6c422b6e48619d19d04719358", "lessThan": "8bc60db48e8cba35488bbd6e1f94aa990afa275a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "4.16", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "4.16", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.15.224", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.1.191", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.6.160", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.114", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.58", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.2.11", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.16", "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.224" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.16", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.191" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.16", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.160" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.16", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.114" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.16", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.58" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.16", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.11" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.16", "versionEndExcluding": "7.3" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e151c74bcc53e3ed313bd1c21b0d5bb442edbc0" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba72ed1c8476ce68eb7152dfcbc5330cefcbaa91" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b14a682ad7d45345701e08f9279d483a1da8b36c" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5b143f4cd3fb7673df8d727550478a4b762908a" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d06cb25a497d3a7034ef9d172626c2d6620a0f1" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f27260b989f488760289276377db24fbfb20bfa" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bc60db48e8cba35488bbd6e1f94aa990afa275a" } ], "title": "ip6_gre: remove obsolete ERSPAN PMTU update", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }