CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-89783
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Received
- Published
- 2026-09-16
- Last modified
- 2026-10-19
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xfrm6: fix out-of-bounds write in xfrm6_input_addr() when secpath is full
The depth check in xfrm6_input_addr() is off by one:
if (1 + sp->len == XFRM_MAX_DEPTH)
goto drop;
...
sp->xvec[sp->len++] = x;
xfrm_input() can leave sp->len == XFRM_MAX_DEPTH, and the transport-mode
receive path re-enters IPv6 input via xfrm_trans_reinject() with that
secpath preserved. If the inner packet carries a destination-options HAO
option or a type-2 routing header, xfrm6_input_addr() is called with
sp->len == XFRM_MAX_DEPTH; the check (1 + 6 == 6) is false, so
sp->xvec[sp->len++] writes one slot past the 6-element xvec[]. The write
stays within the sec_path allocation (invisible to KASAN); UBSAN_BOUNDS
flags it and panics under panic_on_warn.
Use "sp->len >= XFRM_MAX_DEPTH", matching xfrm_input(). This also
restores one chain level the old check rejected at sp->len == 5.
UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in net/ipv6/xfrm6_input.c:309:10
index 6 is out of range for type 'xfrm_state *[6]'
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f679e0523ddfff3fb554336ceb874b0e51e9cd3 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48996649222e95008cdb98cd58579e3fc8e5ee06 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d9e3bf34fec9a5d237e4b7cef4a707bc2e091bc git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f35a29a5eed3d80befd32050843ac88dea3d61a git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68e8737fe8e72f085c608cff322b3d2de8340af1 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fe2c53fb81f5ad5be43af2ad09583f7c78b4b77 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91fc387f63c00ddfb5221127a17bac97549a8343 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdcda866c89f9a8b1acdabf02d26cde9fbe501d8 git.kernel.org