CVE-2026-98402net: icmp: avoid invalid transport header access in icmp_send tracepoint

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: icmp: avoid invalid transport header access in icmp_send tracepoint syzbot reported a WARNING triggered by DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE(): WARNING: at skb_transport_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3087 [inline] WARNING: at udp_hdr include/linux/udp.h:23 [inline] WARNING: at do_trace_event_raw_event_icmp_send include/trace/events/icmp.h:30 [inline] WARNING: at trace_event_raw_event_icmp_send+0x48c/0x6ec include/trace/events/icmp.h:11 Call trace: skb_transport_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3087 [inline] udp_hdr include/linux/udp.h:23 [inline] do_trace_event_raw_event_icmp_send include/trace/events/icmp.h:30 [inline] trace_event_raw_event_icmp_send+0x48c/0x6ec include/trace/events/icmp.h:11 __traceiter_icmp_send include/trace/events/icmp.h:11 [inline] __do_trace_icmp_send include/trace/events/icmp.h:11 [inline] trace_icmp_send+0x320/0x49c include/trace/events/icmp.h:11 __icmp_send+0xcfc/0x11d8 net/ipv4/icmp.c:1013 ipv4_send_dest_unreach net/ipv4/route.c:1280 [inline] ipv4_link_failure+0x57c/0x8dc net/ipv4/route.c:1287 dst_link_failure include/net/dst.h:438 [inline] vti_tunnel_xmit+0xe40/0x17a4 net/ipv4/ip_vti.c:307 TP_fast_assign() unconditionally calls udp_hdr(skb) before checking whether the packet is UDP. Furthermore, __icmp_send() can be invoked from paths (e.g., link failures, ARP errors, forwarding, AF_PACKET) where skb->transport_header was never initialized (~0U). Under CONFIG_DEBUG_NET=y, calling skb_transport_header(skb) triggers DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE(!skb_transport_header_was_set(skb)). Fix this by: 1. Only parsing transport info when iph->protocol == IPPROTO_UDP. 2. Using skb_header_pointer() at skb_network_offset(skb) + (iph->ihl << 2) to safely fetch the UDP header without assuming transport_header is set.

Timeline

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 (15 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Not scored.

Affected products

• Linux · Linux

  • affected 524c341cb16a8d5318d2ffacf6fe160271a18743 – < ec6d4612d1c170e1cef1fe55526471da1e81e777
  • affected 21b28f97e621cba196fb32c576734d216a8a79c9 – < 99654b651c6d5fe865798a2adb859767905f9278
  • affected db3efdcf70c752e8a8deb16071d8e693c3ef8746 – < b972b5e6168dc5d1e13297b1f37f71d6b21cc0f1
  • affected db3efdcf70c752e8a8deb16071d8e693c3ef8746 – < 04c0d35bac5122b533672a6775851dfae84e265e
  • affected db3efdcf70c752e8a8deb16071d8e693c3ef8746 – < 2b32f8c3560905582fb12ed68315a6e606367a6a
  • affected db3efdcf70c752e8a8deb16071d8e693c3ef8746 – < 7fcc2fe39fed1cb98a7374a113ff3800e8f9af80
  • affected 6.1.130 – < 6.1.189
  • affected 6.6.81 – < 6.6.158

• Linux · Linux

  • affected 6.10
  • unaffected < 6.10
  • unaffected 6.1.189 – ≤ 6.1.*
  • unaffected 6.6.158 – ≤ 6.6.*
  • unaffected 6.12.111 – ≤ 6.12.*
  • unaffected 6.18.53 – ≤ 6.18.*
  • unaffected 7.2.7 – ≤ 7.2.*
  • unaffected 7.3 – ≤ *

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• EUVD EUVD-2026-101051 (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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Record last updated 19 Oct 2026, 09:18 UTC.