Critical severity · published Aug 15, 2026
CVE-2026-74473
vxlan: use pskb_network_may_pull() in route_shortcircuit()
9.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
vxlan: use pskb_network_may_pull() in route_shortcircuit()
route_shortcircuit() currently calls pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(struct iphdr))
(or ipv6hdr), which checks if bytes are available starting from skb->data.
However, in vxlan_xmit(), skb->data points to the MAC header, so
skb_network_offset(skb) is ETH_HLEN (14 bytes). Using pskb_may_pull(skb, 20)
only checks 20 bytes from skb->data (which is 14 bytes MAC header + 6 bytes of
IP header), leaving the rest of the IP header potentially un-pulled in non-linear
frags. Subsequent dereferences of ip_hdr(skb)->daddr can read beyond the pulled
linear buffer length.
Fix this by using pskb_network_may_pull(), which adds skb_network_offset(skb) to
the length check to ensure the full network header is present in the linear buffer.
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 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
e4f67addf158f98f8197e08974966b18480dc751 before c419af4924c1593500a40519730ed98575d04a3e; e4f67addf158f98f8197e08974966b18480dc751 before 6bd0a3a1b5744166946f0c551a6665c3b46b05e4; e4f67addf158f98f8197e08974966b18480dc751 before 214ba43faf106cb06cd3dd30999c5c809c868b53; e4f67addf158f98f8197e08974966b18480dc751 before 42887be7c4cf283cce02cd0fb6411221167c8b6c; e4f67addf158f98f8197e08974966b18480dc751 before aa0d31376d574ac858a40078431a77127bf04ee4; e4f67addf158f98f8197e08974966b18480dc751 before ee799977d7941dbfb11049e17edd9eaf4f8820f7; +3 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74473
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74473
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/214ba43faf106cb06cd3dd30999c5c809c868b53
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26bb2dd0a8839617e2c79ffbbe1923f8e4bab9fb
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42887be7c4cf283cce02cd0fb6411221167c8b6c
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f3f96e771a20263635bb5e1307c112d613b4bbd
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bd0a3a1b5744166946f0c551a6665c3b46b05e4
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa0d31376d574ac858a40078431a77127bf04ee4
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