High severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-80978
net: cap advertised IP tunnel headroom
7.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: cap advertised IP tunnel headroom
IP tunnel devices derive their advertised needed_headroom from lower
output devices. A stack of user-created devices can make the derived
value larger than the 16-bit skb header offsets can represent. Once IP
output reserves it, skb head expansion can wrap those offsets.
The runtime transmit path already caps a growing needed_headroom at 512.
Apply the same cap when tunnel configuration publishes needed_headroom
derived from a lower output device.
Capping the advertised value is safe: IP tunnel transmit still expands
the skb when a packet needs more headroom. A nonsensical stacked
configuration can therefore incur an extra reallocation, but it cannot
publish an unbounded reservation to upper layers.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
1a37e412a0225fcba5587f24c0dfc7636efc8b69 before fb889a619723032140f5d983a3a34d25a5a2bed4; 1a37e412a0225fcba5587f24c0dfc7636efc8b69 before b160422f8103574425e2834130e169d84c94fa1d; 1a37e412a0225fcba5587f24c0dfc7636efc8b69 before d36e75f5669140b66515ad3a176ca6337bd80a5e; 1a37e412a0225fcba5587f24c0dfc7636efc8b69 before 84783961cb8bdb36b4f41a02ce43aafc6d52b176; 1a37e412a0225fcba5587f24c0dfc7636efc8b69 before bc4e05ae66c9797a0972ac44326e69c5305e0020; 1a37e412a0225fcba5587f24c0dfc7636efc8b69 before af0ee8f04bea22cdb331fa3509e17f81b48938ad; +3 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80978
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80978
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b222adeb9340306e2ff97127c76117abb9b3df8
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84783961cb8bdb36b4f41a02ce43aafc6d52b176
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9144f2c53a04465a6878172b523f640313c5559e
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af0ee8f04bea22cdb331fa3509e17f81b48938ad
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b160422f8103574425e2834130e169d84c94fa1d
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc4e05ae66c9797a0972ac44326e69c5305e0020
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