Critical severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-89555
mpls: reload header after pskb_may_pull()
9.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mpls: reload header after pskb_may_pull()
mpls_select_multipath() calls mpls_multipath_hash() to choose a nexthop
when an MPLS route has multiple nexthops. While walking the MPLS label
stack, the hash routine caches hdr for the current label. After finding
the bottom-of-stack label, it calls pskb_may_pull() before reading the
inner IP header.
If an skb is constructed with the inner IP header in nonlinear data and
insufficient tailroom in the linear head, pskb_may_pull() calls
pskb_expand_head() to replace the skb head and free the old one. This
leaves hdr pointing to freed memory. The IPv6 path can invalidate hdr
again when it performs a second pull for the larger header.
The issue was found through static analysis. A reproducer sending a legal
Geneve packet through a bareudp/MPLS multipath setup triggered the same
KASAN report in 2 of 2 unpatched runs:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in mpls_select_multipath
Read of size 1 at addr ffff88800ecc6e20 by task ksoftirqd/1/23
Call Trace:
mpls_select_multipath
mpls_forward
__netif_receive_skb_list_core
netif_receive_skb_list_internal
napi_complete_done
gro_cell_poll
__napi_poll
net_rx_action
Freed by task 23:
kfree
pskb_expand_head
__pskb_pull_tail
mpls_select_multipath
Reload hdr from the current skb head after each successful pull before
deriving the inner IPv4 or IPv6 header pointer.
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)0.7% · higher than 53% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
9f427a0e474a67b454420c131709600d44850486 before aa4fe0b450a461aa1162fe8375f5d28f4c957df8; 9f427a0e474a67b454420c131709600d44850486 before b1c0783b2facc398437ad8f8b86c636d7a78f8db; 9f427a0e474a67b454420c131709600d44850486 before bfaaff99238326166694354a63a76c02563f98b1; 9f427a0e474a67b454420c131709600d44850486 before d9640239827d6d0cb84263b590f7a4f1596c17eb; 9f427a0e474a67b454420c131709600d44850486 before fed638a248116b8a249bd4202d28e5934bdc65ad; 9f427a0e474a67b454420c131709600d44850486 before d82b90a38c2ca8a0694428eab0e9551c23f2447d; +5 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89555
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89555
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29e63b8d9fc150cc191b1c6eb7e16e1247e1b650
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49d38c1b4390412f8950d33dfaee0ccbd17beb81
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa4fe0b450a461aa1162fe8375f5d28f4c957df8
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1c0783b2facc398437ad8f8b86c636d7a78f8db
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfaaff99238326166694354a63a76c02563f98b1
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d82b90a38c2ca8a0694428eab0e9551c23f2447d
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