High severity · published Oct 23, 2026
CVE-2026-99064
cipso: adjust cached option offsets when removing CIPSO
New
8.1
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cipso: adjust cached option offsets when removing CIPSO
cipso_v4_skbuff_delattr() removes the CIPSO bytes but does not adjust
cached offsets for options that follow them.
For example, with a valid 10-byte CIPSO option followed by a seven-byte
RR option, parsing records rr at offset 30. Removing CIPSO moves RR to
offset 20, while the cached offset remains 30. Consumers such as
ip_forward_options() and __ip_options_echo() then access the wrong bytes;
the latter may interpret packet data as the option length and copy it into
fixed-size option storage.
Mirror cipso_v4_delopt() and subtract cipso_len from the srr, rr, ts and
router_alert offsets when they follow CIPSO. cipso_len is the distance
the first memmove() shifts those options. The later header move and
network-header reset relocate the bytes and their offset base together.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
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
89aa3619d141d6cfb6040a561aebb6d99d3e2285 before b965977126a90e01825814c859ba4788691eddd3; 89aa3619d141d6cfb6040a561aebb6d99d3e2285 before 2200fe1d6148b78e1b8f00f4b2bd47760015077f; 89aa3619d141d6cfb6040a561aebb6d99d3e2285 before 6e49d611a9cfbaac927b8fa80ebd4f6b1f37ada0; 89aa3619d141d6cfb6040a561aebb6d99d3e2285 before 6d25ffca055a77787c21a36b66c253f76239411b; 6.10 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99064
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99064
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2200fe1d6148b78e1b8f00f4b2bd47760015077f
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d25ffca055a77787c21a36b66c253f76239411b
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e49d611a9cfbaac927b8fa80ebd4f6b1f37ada0
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b965977126a90e01825814c859ba4788691eddd3
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