Bug 2536460 (CVE-2026-90160) - CVE-2026-90160 kernel: lwt_bpf: Restore reserved headroom after xmit program
Summary: CVE-2026-90160 kernel: lwt_bpf: Restore reserved headroom after xmit program
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-90160
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-17 18:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-13 12:59 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-17 18:01:51 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

lwt_bpf: Restore reserved headroom after xmit program

ip_finish_output2() expands an skb to LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev) before LWT
xmit. An LWT_XMIT BPF program can then modify the skb head and still
return BPF_OK, so bpf_xmit() rechecks the remaining headroom before the
skb continues to neighbour output.

That recheck uses dst->dev->hard_header_len. This is not enough for the
neighbour cached-header path: neigh_hh_output() copies the cached hardware
header using the aligned hh_cache size, HH_DATA_MOD for short headers or
HH_DATA_ALIGN(hh_len) otherwise.

On Ethernet, hard_header_len is 14 but the cached copy needs 16 bytes. If
an LWT_XMIT BPF program calls bpf_skb_change_head(skb, 1, 0), the skb can
still have 15 bytes of headroom after the program. The existing check
accepts that, after which neigh_hh_output() hits its headroom warning and
drops the skb.

Use LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dst->dev) in the post-BPF headroom check to match
the reservation made before LWT xmit.


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