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CVE-2026-80681

Linux kernel

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vxlan: re-fetch eth header after route_shortcircuit() Before route_shortcircuit(), the eth header pointer is cached from eth_hdr(skb). Inside route_shortcircuit(), pskb_may_pull() can be called, which may reallocate skb->head. In this case, returning to vxlan_xmit() leaves the cached eth pointer pointing to freed memory, leading to a use-after-free when dereferencing eth->h_dest. Fix this by updating eth = eth_hdr(skb) after calling route_shortcircuit().

EPSS 0.17600000000000002%Risk 0
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Published
2026-08-28 08:16:53
Affected versions
unknown
Type
Kernel
Last modified
2026-08-28 08:16:53
Vector
Pending