Bug 2516500 (CVE-2026-72417) - CVE-2026-72417 kernel: netfilter: flowtable: Validate iph->ihl in nf_flow_ip4_tunnel_proto()
Summary: CVE-2026-72417 kernel: netfilter: flowtable: Validate iph->ihl in nf_flow_ip4...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72417
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:15 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-19 16:17 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:15:45 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: flowtable: Validate iph->ihl in nf_flow_ip4_tunnel_proto()

Add sanity check for iph->ihl field in nf_flow_ip4_tunnel_proto() before
using it to compute the header size, avoiding out-of-bounds access with
malformed IP headers.
While at it, use iph->protocol instead of the hardcoded IPPROTO_IPIP
constant when setting ctx->tun.proto and reference ctx->tun.hdr_size
when updating ctx->offset.


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