CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-53014
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-06-24
- Last modified
- 2026-07-15
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/sched: act_mirred: fix wrong device for mac_header_xmit check in tcf_blockcast_redir
In tcf_blockcast_redir(), when iterating block ports to redirect
packets to multiple devices, the mac_header_xmit flag is queried
from the wrong device. The loop sends to dev_prev but queries
dev_is_mac_header_xmit(dev) — which is the NEXT device in the
iteration, not the one being sent to.
This causes tcf_mirred_to_dev() to make incorrect decisions about
whether to push or pull the MAC header. When the block contains
mixed device types (e.g., an ethernet veth and a tunnel device),
intermediate devices get the wrong mac_header_xmit flag, leading to
skb header corruption. In the worst case, skb_push_rcsum with an
incorrect mac_len can exhaust headroom and panic.
The last device in the loop is handled correctly (line 365-366 uses
dev_is_mac_header_xmit(dev_prev)), confirming this is a copy-paste
oversight for the intermediate devices.
Fix by using dev_prev instead of dev for the mac_header_xmit query,
consistent with the device actually being sent to.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.8 < 6.12.91)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.18.33)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.19 < 7.0.10)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4510d140524ca7d6e772db962e013f26f09a63b1 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4764953c4b47585eb72797b216b63a831dc0c7e6 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7db3e4e03032261b1b519341123fc30d995478ca Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fda5174286119addd28473fb2ec5bdf521c05a8 Patch