Bug 2480457 (CVE-2026-43501) - CVE-2026-43501 kernel: ipv6: rpl: reserve mac_len headroom when recompressed SRH grows
Summary: CVE-2026-43501 kernel: ipv6: rpl: reserve mac_len headroom when recompressed ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-43501
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-05-21 13:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-07-01 08:59 UTC (History)
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:25191 0 None None None 2026-06-11 06:49:34 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:25217 0 None None None 2026-06-11 10:13:33 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:27713 0 None None None 2026-06-22 05:01:26 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:27731 0 None None None 2026-06-22 05:04:19 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:33900 0 None None None 2026-07-01 00:13:39 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:34094 0 None None None 2026-07-01 08:59:09 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:34095 0 None None None 2026-07-01 08:41:00 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-21 13:01:33 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ipv6: rpl: reserve mac_len headroom when recompressed SRH grows

ipv6_rpl_srh_rcv() decompresses an RFC 6554 Source Routing Header, swaps
the next segment into ipv6_hdr->daddr, recompresses, then pulls the old
header and pushes the new one plus the IPv6 header back.  The
recompressed header can be larger than the received one when the swap
reduces the common-prefix length the segments share with daddr (CmprI=0,
CmprE>0, seg[0][0] != daddr[0] gives the maximum +8 bytes).

pskb_expand_head() was gated on segments_left == 0, so on earlier
segments the push consumed unchecked headroom.  Once skb_push() leaves
fewer than skb->mac_len bytes in front of data,
skb_mac_header_rebuild()'s call to:

	skb_set_mac_header(skb, -skb->mac_len);

will store (data - head) - mac_len into the u16 mac_header field, which
wraps to ~65530, and the following memmove() writes mac_len bytes ~64KiB
past skb->head.

A single AF_INET6/SOCK_RAW/IPV6_HDRINCL packet over lo with a two
segment type-3 SRH (CmprI=0, CmprE=15) reaches headroom 8 after one
pass; KASAN reports a 14-byte OOB write in ipv6_rthdr_rcv.

Fix this by expanding the head whenever the remaining room is less than
the push size plus mac_len, and request that much extra so the rebuilt
MAC header fits afterwards.

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2026-06-11 06:49:32 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:25191 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25191

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2026-06-11 10:13:33 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:25217 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25217

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2026-06-22 05:01:25 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2026:27713 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27713

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2026-06-22 05:04:18 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2026:27731 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27731

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2026-07-01 00:13:38 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2026:33900 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33900

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2026-07-01 08:40:59 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2026:34095 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34095

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2026-07-01 08:59:08 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2026:34094 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34094


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