CVE-2026-80742
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
af_packet: Don't send zero-byte data in tpacket_snd().
syzbot reported a WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit() triggered via tpacket_snd():
When sending 0-byte packets via TPACKET ring buffer on devices with no hard header (e.g. dev->hard_header_len == 0), tpacket_fill_skb() populates an skb with skb->len == 0 and returns 0. tpacket_snd() then forwards this empty skb to packet_xmit(), causing __dev_queue_xmit() to hit skb_assert_len(skb).
Similar checks exist in packet_snd() via commit dc633700f00f ("net/af_packet: check len when min_header_len equals to 0") and in packet_sendmsg_spkt() via commit 6a341729fb31 ("af_packet: Don't send zero-byte data in packet_sendmsg_spkt().").
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Return -EINVAL in tpacket_fill_skb() when skb->len is zero to reject zero-length packets in tpacket_snd().
Detalles técnicos trazas, registros y código del informe original
skb_assert_len WARNING: at include/linux/skbuff.h:2753 skb_assert_len WARNING: at __dev_queue_xmit+0x21bc/0x4970 net/core/dev.c:4781 Call Trace: <TASK> dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3448 [inline] packet_xmit+0x243/0x310 net/packet/af_packet.c:276 tpacket_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:2907 [inline] packet_sendmsg+0x28d6/0x4eb0 net/packet/af_packet.c:3134
CVSS
NVD no ha asignado puntuación CVSS a esta CVE (habitual desde el cambio de política de abril de 2026).
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.18%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 7
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fc70b3d513bafb16b17540178870ef46e81c0bb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fa110f9e2ea96f567f2194c673c4bc327640111
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bcd76c134c55c697148acb5c0194e9666abdf84
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7521e691c7c4f2231634c95053281ac888d1f452
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80a702964467b998d254f16cc61c2c9a20540c9d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98c5914d6b7bd4b4675535908e57dea31f1efd6a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dde212f8622f5cb36223fff1ebd6e6f2a3dc61fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f09ac5682f1bb67981fcb6ead4d3cfe439225876
JSON original (NVD)
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\naf_packet: Don't send zero-byte data in tpacket_snd().\n\nsyzbot reported a WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit() triggered via tpacket_snd():\n\nskb_assert_len\nWARNING: at include/linux/skbuff.h:2753 skb_assert_len\nWARNING: at __dev_queue_xmit+0x21bc/0x4970 net/core/dev.c:4781\n\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3448 [inline]\n packet_xmit+0x243/0x310 net/packet/af_packet.c:276\n tpacket_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:2907 [inline]\n packet_sendmsg+0x28d6/0x4eb0 net/packet/af_packet.c:3134\n\nWhen sending 0-byte packets via TPACKET ring buffer on devices with no\nhard header (e.g. dev->hard_header_len == 0), tpacket_fill_skb()\npopulates an skb with skb->len == 0 and returns 0. tpacket_snd() then\nforwards this empty skb to packet_xmit(), causing __dev_queue_xmit() to\nhit skb_assert_len(skb).\n\nSimilar checks exist in packet_snd() via commit dc633700f00f\n(\"net/af_packet: check len when min_header_len equals to 0\") and in\npacket_sendmsg_spkt() via commit 6a341729fb31 (\"af_packet: Don't send\nzero-byte data in packet_sendmsg_spkt().\").\n\nReturn -EINVAL in tpacket_fill_skb() when skb->len is zero to reject\nzero-length packets in tpacket_snd()."
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