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