CVE-2026-80840ipv6: seg6: clear IPv4 control block on IPIP decapsulation
- —Not scoredno CVSS score yet
- 0.21%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 89% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: seg6: clear IPv4 control block on IPIP decapsulation End.DX4 and End.DT4 decapsulate an IPv4 packet through decap_and_validate() and send it directly to IPv4 routing. The inner packet therefore bypasses ip_rcv_core(), which normally clears IPCB before IPv4 interprets skb->cb. The skb instead retains IP6CB data from the outer packet. IP6CB and IPCB use the same skb->cb storage, so IP6CB(skb)->lastopt overlaps IPCB(skb)->opt.optlen and srr, while IP6CB(skb)->nhoff overlaps rr and ts. The sender can make the stale optlen byte nonzero with a valid outer extension-header chain. The reproducers put an eight-byte Destination Options header immediately after the 40-byte IPv6 header and before the Segment Routing Header. ipv6_destopt_rcv() records the sender-controlled Destination Options offset in both lastopt and nhoff, setting them to 40. On the reproduced little-endian x86-64 kernel, IPv4 therefore sees optlen = 40 and rr = 40. Both tcp_v4_save_options() and __ip_options_echo() skip option copying when optlen is zero. Here optlen is 40, so the TCP SYN path allocates room for 40 bytes of option data and calls __ip_options_echo(). The stale rr value makes that function read inner packet byte 41 as the Record Route option length. The reproducers set that sender-controlled byte to 255, so __ip_options_echo() copies 255 bytes into the 40-byte option-data area. Separate End.DX4 and End.DT4 reproducers on the unpatched v7.2-rc5 kernel both produced: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in __ip_options_echo() Write of size 255 The relevant End.DX4 call path is: __ip_options_echo tcp_v4_route_req tcp_conn_request tcp_v4_conn_request tcp_rcv_state_process tcp_v4_do_rcv tcp_v4_rcv ip_protocol_deliver_rcu ip_local_deliver_finish ip_local_deliver input_action_end_dx4_finish input_action_end_dx4 The relevant End.DT4 call path is: __ip_options_echo tcp_v4_route_req tcp_conn_request tcp_v4_conn_request tcp_rcv_state_process tcp_v4_do_rcv tcp_v4_rcv ip_protocol_deliver_rcu ip_local_deliver_finish ip_local_deliver input_action_end_dt4 tcp_v4_save_options() is inlined into the tcp_v4_route_req() path, so it does not appear as a separate frame. When decap_and_validate() handles IPPROTO_IPIP, save the ingress interface from IP6CB, clear IPCB, and restore the saved value. Doing this in the common decapsulation path covers End.DX4, End.DT4, and End.DT46's IPv4 arm. Use IP6CB(skb)->iif rather than skb->skb_iif. These actions run after l3mdev processing, which can replace skb_iif with the L3 master; IP6CB iif still records the receiving interface set at IPv6 ingress.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 9 days later
· 9 days later
Published
- 45 days later
· 45 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
No CVSS score yet: neither the CNA, CISA nor NVD has scored this CVE. NVD status: Received.
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.21% · top 89% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Not scored.
Affected products
- affected 891ef8dd2a8d14e4e73a81dcdb135b574c57f556 – < 10fd1a8f58ac619a9e251f2858e2e2c8fd6cd667
- affected 891ef8dd2a8d14e4e73a81dcdb135b574c57f556 – < eb0f422487228e140f3d609b032ac61aedcab8fa
- affected 891ef8dd2a8d14e4e73a81dcdb135b574c57f556 – < 9039e4f3e1c0ffe2b575b655b3f58fdd10f7e40c
- affected 891ef8dd2a8d14e4e73a81dcdb135b574c57f556 – < f52f1e75716d2ee49e013edf204ac92337c72fd8
- affected 891ef8dd2a8d14e4e73a81dcdb135b574c57f556 – < 0e3f01fe2e704e76af4385b8a1742641885a191c
- affected 891ef8dd2a8d14e4e73a81dcdb135b574c57f556 – < 3e4476e58343fb8f2fffced9e22d935376b17aaf
- affected 891ef8dd2a8d14e4e73a81dcdb135b574c57f556 – < bf1c1151560d11036a144d917fa4c131831342d7
- affected 891ef8dd2a8d14e4e73a81dcdb135b574c57f556 – < f4be3b391265e24c7720fc867c50062b436acf33
- affected 891ef8dd2a8d14e4e73a81dcdb135b574c57f556 – < 44930446dde45a7a90fe1446fa38eb0e2c561646
- affected 4.14
- unaffected < 4.14
- unaffected 5.10.269 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.220 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.187 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.156 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.108 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.18.49 – ≤ 6.18.*
- unaffected 7.1.13 – ≤ 7.1.*
- unaffected 7.2.3 – ≤ 7.2.*
- unaffected 7.3 – ≤ *
References
References9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10fd1a8f58ac619a9e251f2858e2e2c8fd6cd667 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb0f422487228e140f3d609b032ac61aedcab8fa (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9039e4f3e1c0ffe2b575b655b3f58fdd10f7e40c (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f52f1e75716d2ee49e013edf204ac92337c72fd8 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e3f01fe2e704e76af4385b8a1742641885a191c (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e4476e58343fb8f2fffced9e22d935376b17aaf (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf1c1151560d11036a144d917fa4c131831342d7 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4be3b391265e24c7720fc867c50062b436acf33 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44930446dde45a7a90fe1446fa38eb0e2c561646 (opens in a new tab)
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-71290 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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