Critical severity · published Aug 22, 2026
CVE-2026-74669
ipvs: clear IPv4 options after rebasing tunnel ICMP errors
9.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 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
f2edb9f7706dcb2c0d9a362b2ba849efe3a97f5e before 79ffa99202c944467e28b13b513bf2998732edff; f2edb9f7706dcb2c0d9a362b2ba849efe3a97f5e before c9413b50204738fbc429bb86bf01353c393a6c28; f2edb9f7706dcb2c0d9a362b2ba849efe3a97f5e before 37c61b3745129cbd682c557b51345828120972e5; f2edb9f7706dcb2c0d9a362b2ba849efe3a97f5e before ed246dd85ebf27c1f6b7897834d40786c0ca3006; f2edb9f7706dcb2c0d9a362b2ba849efe3a97f5e before 6f46fc460e9316062bdcdf89199eb5d7a33da33b; f2edb9f7706dcb2c0d9a362b2ba849efe3a97f5e before 75eec935444db4af2123e0491936f6e273d7ea00; +3 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74669
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74669
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37c61b3745129cbd682c557b51345828120972e5
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/384b4dae14277d369221d187e9b3af56c79d2e50
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f46fc460e9316062bdcdf89199eb5d7a33da33b
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75eec935444db4af2123e0491936f6e273d7ea00
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79ffa99202c944467e28b13b513bf2998732edff
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9413b50204738fbc429bb86bf01353c393a6c28
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