PT-2026-61431 · Linux · Linux
CVE-2026-64114
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Published
2026-07-19
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Updated
2026-07-19
CVSS v3.1
7.8
High
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv4: raw: reject IP HDRINCL packets with ihl < 5
raw send hdrinc() validates that the caller-supplied IPv4 header
fits within the message length:
iphlen = iph->ihl * 4;
err = -EINVAL;
if (iphlen > length)
goto error free;
if (iphlen >= sizeof(iph)) {
/ fix up saddr, tot len, id, csum, transport header */
}
It does not, however, reject ihl < 5. For such a packet the
"if (iphlen >= sizeof(*iph))" branch is skipped, leaving the
crafted iphdr untouched, but the packet is still handed to
ip local out() and onward. Downstream consumers that read
iph->ihl assume a sane value: net/ipv4/ah4.c:ah output() in
particular subtracts sizeof(struct iphdr) from top iph->ihl * 4
and passes the (signed-int-negative, then cast to size t)
result to memcpy(), producing an OOB access of length close to
SIZE MAX and a host kernel panic.
An IPv4 header with ihl < 5 is malformed by definition (RFC 791:
"Internet Header Length is the length of the internet header in
32 bit words ... Note that the minimum value for a correct header
is 5."). The kernel should not be willing to inject such a
packet into its own output path.
Reject "iphlen < sizeof(*iph)" alongside the existing
"iphlen > length" check. This matches the principle that locally
constructed packets that re-enter the IP stack must pass the same
basic sanity tests that a foreign packet would be subjected to.
Once this lands, the "if (iphlen >= sizeof(*iph))" wrapper around
the fixup branch becomes redundant; left in place to keep the
patch minimal and backport-friendly. A follow-up can unwrap it.
Note that commit 86f4c90a1c5c ("ipv4, ipv6: ensure raw socket
message is big enough to hold an IP header") ensures the message
buffer is large enough to hold an iphdr, but does not constrain
the self-reported iph->ihl.
Reachability: the malformed packet source is any caller with
CAP NET RAW, including an unprivileged process in a user+net
namespace on a kernel with CONFIG USER NS=y. The reproduced AH
crash also requires a matching xfrm AH policy on the outgoing
route; a container granted CAP NET ADMIN can install that state
and policy in its netns. Loopback bypasses xfrm output, so the
trigger uses a real netdev.
Reproduced on UML + KASAN: kernel-mode fault at addr 0x0 with
memcpy orig at the crash site. Same shape reproduces inside a
rootless Docker container with --cap-add NET ADMIN on a stock
distro kernel.
Fix
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