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CVE-2026-53006

ipv6: fix possible UAF in icmpv6_rcv() PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: fix possible UAF in icmpv6_rcv() Caching saddr and daddr before pskb_pull() is problematic since skb->head can change. Remove these temporary variables: - We only access &ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr and &ipv6_hdr(skb)->daddr when net_dbg_ratelimited() is called in the slow path. - Avoid potential future misuse after pskb_pull() call.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Linux / Linuxaffected 4b3418fba0fe819197e3359d5ddbef84ba2c59de before 7bff2c8fe5c35ae58bf73104f53db3676e6e5d94; affected 4b3418fba0fe819197e3359d5ddbef84ba2c59de before aff0f28f5be803de2452ce702631c021fcd9ce8a; affected 4b3418fba0fe819197e3359d5ddbef84ba2c59de before 38bdbc897c0d83a3e2b925a51b69420f1feba29a; affected 4b3418fba0fe819197e3359d5ddbef84ba2c59de before 0069813e6ca9309eca78022bcb3aeb1e9ef90a12; affected 4b3418fba0fe819197e3359d5ddbef84ba2c59de before 1e1f0f89ee4692a64be3f3707ff8ac1ae57b03e7; affected 4b3418fba0fe819197e3359d5ddbef84ba2c59de before 7c66b368c6ff453f99cb39d84af93e908e51eef2; affected 4b3418fba0fe819197e3359d5ddbef84ba2c59de before 085e31a811ef234ef8c3e219c4636dfebfe7e10f; affected 4b3418fba0fe819197e3359d5ddbef84ba2c59de before f996edd7615e686ada141b7f3395025729ff8ccb
Linux / Linuxaffected 4.4; unaffected 0 before 4.4; unaffected 5.10.258 through 5.10.*; unaffected 5.15.209 through 5.15.*; unaffected 6.1.175 through 6.1.*; unaffected 6.6.141 through 6.6.*; unaffected 6.12.91 through 6.12.*; unaffected 6.18.33 through 6.18.*; unaffected 7.0.10 through 7.0.*; unaffected 7.1 through *

CWE

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References

ADP enrichment

redhat-SADP

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) implementation. This vulnerability, a Use-After-Free (UAF) error, occurs due to incorrect caching of network packet addresses before a memory operation. An attacker could potentially exploit this flaw to cause memory corruption, which may lead to a denial of service or, in some scenarios, arbitrary code execution.

siemens-SADP

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CISA-ADP

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