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CVE-2026-99211

Linux: netlink: reset skb headers before unicast and multicast filtering

Linux LinuxOperating systems
CVSS
NoneNot scored
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)No scoreNo FIRST EPSS score in this snapshot yet
Fixed in06791594274f87c29f1a9f1961d700272716a49dAlso 06935da5de83aa8b98841563894857e7d2f80e47, 8bf659bd54e1f00e34cf5244b1d289c506fa47c0CVE List
Published28 Oct 2026Updated 28 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

  • 06791594274f87c29f1a9f1961d700272716a49dLinuxCVE List
  • 06935da5de83aa8b98841563894857e7d2f80e47LinuxCVE List
  • 8bf659bd54e1f00e34cf5244b1d289c506fa47c0LinuxCVE List

A fixed version on one release line is not the upgrade target for every line. Check your exact version and any vendor backports.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netlink: reset skb headers before unicast and multicast filtering

Socket filters can use SKF_NET_OFF and SKF_LL_OFF to read relative to an skb's network and MAC headers. Netlink producers may reserve headroom without resetting those headers, allowing a receiving socket's filter to read data before the initialized message.

For example, IWPM HELLO replies are allocated with dev_alloc_skb(), which reserves NET_SKB_PAD bytes. An unprivileged NETLINK_RDMA user can attach a classic socket filter and disclose this headroom through the length of the delivered reply. The resets in netlink_dump() do not help because IWPM sends a separately allocated skb through netlink_unicast().

Reset both headers before running the receiver's filter in unicast and broadcast delivery, as is already done for dump skbs. This also covers other netlink producers that reserve headroom without changing their allocation or message-building code.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 8

  • Linuxaffected: b1153f29ee07dc1a788964409255a4b4fae50b98 before 06791594274f87c29f1a9f1961d700272716a49dCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: b1153f29ee07dc1a788964409255a4b4fae50b98 before 06935da5de83aa8b98841563894857e7d2f80e47CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: b1153f29ee07dc1a788964409255a4b4fae50b98 before 8bf659bd54e1f00e34cf5244b1d289c506fa47c0CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 2.6.26CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 2.6.26CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.18.59 through 6.18.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.13 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

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