Bug 2517017 (CVE-2026-74474) - CVE-2026-74474 kernel: vxlan: use pskb_network_may_pull() for transmit path header pulls
Summary: CVE-2026-74474 kernel: vxlan: use pskb_network_may_pull() for transmit path h...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-74474
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 12:45 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-21 08:38 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 12:45:04 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

vxlan: use pskb_network_may_pull() for transmit path header pulls

In vxlan_xmit(), arp_reduce(), and vxlan_mdb_entry_skb_get(), pskb_may_pull() was
being called to verify the availability of network layer headers (ARP, IPv6/ND,
IP/IPv6 MDB keys).

However, during transmit skb->data points to the MAC header, so skb_network_offset(skb)
is ETH_HLEN (14 bytes). Using pskb_may_pull(skb, len) only checks len bytes from skb->data
rather than skb_network_offset(skb) + len, which can leave part of the network header
in non-linear frags.

Replace these remaining pskb_may_pull() calls with pskb_network_may_pull() to properly
account for the MAC header offset.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-08-21 08:34:06 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081535-CVE-2026-74474-e720@gregkh/T


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