Vulnerability details
CVE-2026-74669
ipvs: clear IPv4 options after rebasing tunnel ICMP errors
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipvs: clear IPv4 options after rebasing tunnel ICMP errors ip_vs_in_icmp() rebases an skb from the outer ICMP packet to the quoted original request before passing it to icmp_send(). However, IPCB(skb)->opt still describes the outer IPv4 header. A timestamp option in the outer header can therefore leave an offset that points into the quoted transport header after the rebase. __ip_options_echo() treats a byte at that stale location as the option length and copies it into the fixed-size option storage on the __icmp_send() stack, causing a stack out-of-bounds write. Clear the stale option metadata after resetting the network header. Keep the remaining control block fields, including the ingress interface used by the ICMP response path.
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8Critical | 3.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (Linux) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 3.7 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | f2edb9f7706dcb2c0d9a362b2ba849efe3a97f5e ≤ v < c9413b50204738fbc429bb86bf01353c393a6c28 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | f2edb9f7706dcb2c0d9a362b2ba849efe3a97f5e ≤ v < 37c61b3745129cbd682c557b51345828120972e5 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | f2edb9f7706dcb2c0d9a362b2ba849efe3a97f5e ≤ v < ed246dd85ebf27c1f6b7897834d40786c0ca3006 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | f2edb9f7706dcb2c0d9a362b2ba849efe3a97f5e ≤ v < 79ffa99202c944467e28b13b513bf2998732edff | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | f2edb9f7706dcb2c0d9a362b2ba849efe3a97f5e ≤ v < 75eec935444db4af2123e0491936f6e273d7ea00 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | f2edb9f7706dcb2c0d9a362b2ba849efe3a97f5e ≤ v < 384b4dae14277d369221d187e9b3af56c79d2e50 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | f2edb9f7706dcb2c0d9a362b2ba849efe3a97f5e ≤ v < e0ba936287dfe9783426aac27e5fd76fe35b38c9 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
| Linux | Linux | f2edb9f7706dcb2c0d9a362b2ba849efe3a97f5e ≤ v < 6f46fc460e9316062bdcdf89199eb5d7a33da33b | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
8- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79ffa99202c944467e28b13b513bf2998732edff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9413b50204738fbc429bb86bf01353c393a6c28
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37c61b3745129cbd682c557b51345828120972e5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed246dd85ebf27c1f6b7897834d40786c0ca3006
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f46fc460e9316062bdcdf89199eb5d7a33da33b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75eec935444db4af2123e0491936f6e273d7ea00
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/384b4dae14277d369221d187e9b3af56c79d2e50
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0ba936287dfe9783426aac27e5fd76fe35b38c9
Details
- Published
- 2026-08-22
- Last updated
- 2026-10-16
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- Linux
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- Yes
- Exploitation
- None
- Technical impact
- Total
Weaknesses (CWE)
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