CVE-2026-89563
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ip6_tunnel: use skb_cow_head() in ip6_tnl_xmit()
ip6_tnl_xmit() may need to expand headroom before it can push the outer IPv6 and optional encap headers. It currently does that with skb_realloc_headroom(), copies skb->sk ownership, consumes the original skb, and then continues processing with the replacement skb kept only in its local variable.
That is safe only if the helper cannot fail afterwards. But this helper still has post-reallocation error exits. collect_md tunnels reject non-NONE encap after the replacement, and ip6_tnl_encap() can also fail later. In those cases the helper returns an error to its callers while the caller still only has the original skb pointer.
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Both ip6_tnl_start_xmit() and the IPv6 GRE paths free the caller skb on error, so they can end up freeing an skb that ip6_tnl_xmit() already consumed.
Use skb_cow_head() instead. It provides the required headroom and writability without privately replacing the caller-owned skb, so later error returns cannot leave callers with a stale pointer.
The Ethernet users, ip6gretap and ip6erspan, clear IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING and already call skb_cow_head() before entering ip6_tnl_xmit(). They do not rely on the removed skb_shared() reallocation. This also makes the IPv6 tunnel path consistent with ip_tunnel_xmit().
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.14%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 3
- 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).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation75 % - Impacto principal
T1499.004Application or System Exploitationimpact65 % - Impacto secundario
T1565.001Stored Data Manipulationimpact55 %
Vulnerabilidad local (AV:L) en kernel sin interacción. Fallo en manejo de memoria (skb) permite DoS por liberación doble y corrupción de datos de red transmitido.
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
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/37df5bc6b5ccad88c2faa0f5466f150178882b74
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/629d5557e635cdbc109a14ed913ba5a540e3f79a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e8eff8ed13b14708bc39f170144eacde494aac6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87f21b59ddc618eff9670c174842964ad65fdade
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fc56ca49fc0ee1725b55c67bb43ab0dd01f3f52
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b36dfd6e8cff00cea81c11cc0af88d1564763461
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc1a319a4815c074914e2812e0e9cd0164ca682b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/defa0adeff132cc90ed66915b9a104d9393e1e54
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nip6_tunnel: use skb_cow_head() in ip6_tnl_xmit()\n\nip6_tnl_xmit() may need to expand headroom before it can push the\nouter IPv6 and optional encap headers. It currently does that with\nskb_realloc_headroom(), copies skb->sk ownership, consumes the original\nskb, and then continues processing with the replacement skb kept only in\nits local variable.\n\nThat is safe only if the helper cannot fail afterwards. But this helper\nstill has post-reallocation error exits. collect_md tunnels reject\nnon-NONE encap after the replacement, and ip6_tnl_encap() can also fail\nlater. In those cases the helper returns an error to its callers while\nthe caller still only has the original skb pointer.\n\nBoth ip6_tnl_start_xmit() and the IPv6 GRE paths free the caller skb on\nerror, so they can end up freeing an skb that ip6_tnl_xmit() already\nconsumed.\n\nUse skb_cow_head() instead. It provides the required headroom and\nwritability without privately replacing the caller-owned skb, so later\nerror returns cannot leave callers with a stale pointer.\n\nThe Ethernet users, ip6gretap and ip6erspan, clear IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING\nand already call skb_cow_head() before entering ip6_tnl_xmit(). They do\nnot rely on the removed skb_shared() reallocation. This also makes the\nIPv6 tunnel path consistent with ip_tunnel_xmit()."
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