Bug 2525430 (CVE-2026-80681) - CVE-2026-80681 kernel: vxlan: re-fetch eth header after route_shortcircuit()
Summary: CVE-2026-80681 kernel: vxlan: re-fetch eth header after route_shortcircuit()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-80681
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-28 07:44 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-03 15:47 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-28 07:44:35 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

vxlan: re-fetch eth header after route_shortcircuit()

Before route_shortcircuit(), the eth header pointer is cached from eth_hdr(skb).

Inside route_shortcircuit(), pskb_may_pull() can be called, which may
reallocate skb->head.

In this case, returning to vxlan_xmit() leaves the cached eth pointer pointing to
freed memory, leading to a use-after-free when dereferencing eth->h_dest.

Fix this by updating eth = eth_hdr(skb) after calling route_shortcircuit().


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