CVE-2026-53131

Updated on 25 Jun 2026

Severity

7.0 High severity

Details

CVSS score
7.0
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H

Overview

About vulnerability

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

netfilter: require Ethernet MAC header before using eth_hdr()

ip6t_eui64, xt_mac, the bitmap:ip,mac, hash:ip,mac, and hash:mac ipset types, and nf_log_syslog access eth_hdr(skb) after either assuming that the skb is associated with an Ethernet device or checking only that the ETH_HLEN bytes at skb_mac_header(skb) lie between skb->head and skb->data.

Make these paths first verify that the skb is associated with an Ethernet device, that the MAC header was set, and that it spans at least a full Ethernet header before accessing eth_hdr(skb).

Details

Affected packages:
kernel @ 4.18.0 (+5 more)

KernelCare state

Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.

Operating system Status Covered kernels
Amazon Linux 2023 Planned
Debian 12 Planned