Bug 2521057 (CVE-2026-74582) - CVE-2026-74582 kernel: packet: use consistent hard_header_len in non-ring send paths
Summary: CVE-2026-74582 kernel: packet: use consistent hard_header_len in non-ring sen...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-74582
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-21 17:03 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-21 18:16 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-21 17:03:47 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

packet: use consistent hard_header_len in non-ring send paths

packet_snd() reads dev->hard_header_len multiple times while allocating
and constructing an skb. Device reconfiguration can change this value
concurrently, for example through bonding device type changes.

For SOCK_RAW, packet_snd() can save a larger value in reserve and later
allocate headroom using a smaller value. Moving skb->data back by reserve
then places it before skb->head, and the following copy from userspace can
attempt an out-of-bounds write.

packet_sendmsg_spkt() has the same issue because it calculates its
reservation and header offset from separate reads before dropping the RCU
read lock to allocate the skb.

Add LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EX() for callers that already saved a header length.
Read hard_header_len once in packet_snd() and use it for allocation and
construction. In packet_sendmsg_spkt(), preserve the allocation-time value
through the device lookup retry.

The separate SOCK_DGRAM consistency problem between hard_header_len and
header_ops->create is not addressed here.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-08-21 17:49:32 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026082100-CVE-2026-74582-3296@gregkh/T


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