Critical severity · published Aug 10, 2026
CVE-2026-68302
amt: re-read skb header pointers after every pull
9.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
amt: re-read skb header pointers after every pull
Several AMT receive and transmit paths cache a pointer into the skb head
(ip_hdr(), ipv6_hdr(), eth_hdr() or the AMT message header) and then call
a helper that can reallocate that head before the cached pointer is used
again. pskb_may_pull(), ip_mc_may_pull(), ipv6_mc_may_pull(),
iptunnel_pull_header(), ip_mc_check_igmp() and ipv6_mc_check_mld() can all
free the old head and move the data, so a pointer taken before the call
dangles afterwards and the later access is a use-after-free of the freed
head.
The affected sites are:
amt_rcv() caches ip_hdr() before amt_parse_type() pulls, then reads
iph->saddr.
amt_dev_xmit() caches ip_hdr()/ipv6_hdr() before ip_mc_check_igmp()/
ipv6_mc_check_mld() and pskb_may_pull(), then reads the group address.
amt_multicast_data_handler() caches eth_hdr() before pskb_may_pull(),
then writes the L2 header.
amt_membership_query_handler() caches the AMT header, the outer and
inner eth_hdr() and ip_hdr() before iptunnel_pull_header() and several
pulls, then reads and writes them.
amt_igmpv3_report_handler() and amt_mldv2_report_handler() cache
ip_hdr()/ipv6_hdr() and the current group record and read the record
count from the report header inside the record loop, across the
*_mc_may_pull() calls.
amt_update_handler() caches ip_hdr() and the AMT membership-update
header before pskb_may_pull(), iptunnel_pull_header(),
ip_mc_check_igmp() and the report handler, then reads iph->daddr and
amtmu->nonce / amtmu->response_mac.
Fix each site by either snapshotting the scalar that is used after the
pull before the first pull runs, or re-deriving the header pointer from
the skb after the last pull that can move the head. Values that are
stable across the pull (source and group address, the response MAC and
nonce, the record count, the outer source MAC) are snapshotted; pointers
that are written through or read repeatedly are re-derived.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 41% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
cbc21dc1cfe949e37b2a54c71511579f1899e8d4 before 37ff890f9c18dfbcf57e17199901d4fd1e4c174e; cbc21dc1cfe949e37b2a54c71511579f1899e8d4 before 9005b221cb1f9c3c1a2ef656fb0e8fa80c0a187e; cbc21dc1cfe949e37b2a54c71511579f1899e8d4 before 7746d588d42a4ac0117b68ed8e9b22a9da53dfb7; cbc21dc1cfe949e37b2a54c71511579f1899e8d4 before ca0e8b661957f777591efe874cd9d9a63619cd99; cbc21dc1cfe949e37b2a54c71511579f1899e8d4 before 7f48e3ddad8e97545b25788b8203b3a539df1621; cbc21dc1cfe949e37b2a54c71511579f1899e8d4 before 3656a79f94c471827a08f2cacce5f94ad5e52c24; +1 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68302
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68302
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3656a79f94c471827a08f2cacce5f94ad5e52c24
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37ff890f9c18dfbcf57e17199901d4fd1e4c174e
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7746d588d42a4ac0117b68ed8e9b22a9da53dfb7
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f48e3ddad8e97545b25788b8203b3a539df1621
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9005b221cb1f9c3c1a2ef656fb0e8fa80c0a187e
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca0e8b661957f777591efe874cd9d9a63619cd99
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