Bug 2521367 (CVE-2026-74668) - CVE-2026-74668 kernel: packet: use consistent hard_header_len in TX_RING send path
Summary: CVE-2026-74668 kernel: packet: use consistent hard_header_len in TX_RING send...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-74668
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-08-22 15:42 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-03 14:38 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-22 15:42:02 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

packet: use consistent hard_header_len in TX_RING send path

tpacket_snd() reads dev->hard_header_len independently for skb
allocation and header construction in tpacket_fill_skb(). Concurrent
netdevice reconfiguration can therefore make the reserved headroom
smaller than the amount later pushed, or make copylen - hard_header_len
negative.

Snapshot hard_header_len once before processing ring frames and use it
for the frame limit, headroom allocation, copy length, and skb
construction. Pass the snapshot to tpacket_fill_skb().

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


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