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CVE-2026-681217.8High

pppoe: reload header pointer after dev_hard_header()

Linux

Not in CISA KEVVendor fix available
0.4%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
30th percentile
050100

Higher than 30% of scored CVEs

7.8HighCVSS 3.1
LowHigh

DescriptionNVD

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pppoe: reload header pointer after dev_hard_header() pppoe_sendmsg() saves a pointer to the PPPoE header before calling dev_hard_header(). Device header callbacks are allowed to reallocate the skb head, invalidating pointers into it. This can happen when a send is blocked in copy_from_user() while the first non-Ethernet port is added to an empty team device. The team's delegated GRE header callback then expands the skb head. PPPoE subsequently writes six bytes through the stale pointer into the freed head. Reload the PPPoE header through the skb's network-header offset after device header creation. pskb_expand_head() updates that offset when it relocates the head.

Coverage1 article · 1 outlet

First in our coverage: SecurityOnline, 18 Sep.

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