Unscored severity · published Oct 23, 2026
CVE-2026-99041
ip6_gre: remove obsolete ERSPAN PMTU update
New
–
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ip6_gre: remove obsolete ERSPAN PMTU update
A tc tunnel_key action can attach a METADATA_IP_TUNNEL dst to an skb,
and mirred can redirect it to a native ip6erspan device. The legacy PMTU
update in ip6erspan_tunnel_xmit() treats that metadata dst as a route.
Since it has no output device, dst_dev(dst)->mtu dereferences NULL.
On v7.2 with KASAN, an initial UID/GID 65534 process with CapEff 0 used
self-created user and network namespaces to trigger:
KASAN: null-ptr-deref
RIP: ip6erspan_tunnel_xmit+0x10fc/0x2cc0
Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt
The update is obsolete. Commit fe1a4ca0a2b7 ("ip6_gre: process toobig
in a better way") changed IPv6 GRE Too Big handling to update the
underlay route and removed the equivalent block from __gre6_xmit().
ip6_tnl_xmit() then propagates the underlay PMTU to the overlay route.
Remove the stale ERSPAN copy and its now-unused dst variable. This
eliminates the metadata-dst dereference and keeps ERSPAN aligned with
IPv6 GRE PMTU handling.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 6% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
5a963eb61b7c39e6c422b6e48619d19d04719358 before b14a682ad7d45345701e08f9279d483a1da8b36c; 5a963eb61b7c39e6c422b6e48619d19d04719358 before f5b143f4cd3fb7673df8d727550478a4b762908a; 5a963eb61b7c39e6c422b6e48619d19d04719358 before 2d06cb25a497d3a7034ef9d172626c2d6620a0f1; 5a963eb61b7c39e6c422b6e48619d19d04719358 before 8f27260b989f488760289276377db24fbfb20bfa; 5a963eb61b7c39e6c422b6e48619d19d04719358 before 8bc60db48e8cba35488bbd6e1f94aa990afa275a; 4.16 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99041
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99041
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d06cb25a497d3a7034ef9d172626c2d6620a0f1
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bc60db48e8cba35488bbd6e1f94aa990afa275a
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f27260b989f488760289276377db24fbfb20bfa
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b14a682ad7d45345701e08f9279d483a1da8b36c
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5b143f4cd3fb7673df8d727550478a4b762908a
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