In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: ah6: validate routing header segments_left AH6 rearranges routing-header addresses before computing or verifying the ICV. ipv6_rearrange_rthdr() assumes that segments_left is not larger than the number of addresses described by the routing header's hdrlen field. That assumption does not hold for raw IPv6 HDRINCL packets. A packet with hdrlen equal to 2 describes one address, but can carry an arbitrary segments_left value. With segments_left equal to 255, the function moves its address pointer 4,064 bytes backwards and passes a 4,064-byte length to memmove(), resulting in an out-of-bounds access. Validate the invariant locally before modifying the routing header or performing any address-pointer arithmetic, and propagate malformed-header errors to the existing AH6 input and output error paths.

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0bf11081ad3753938a2b48723ce6298dbac743a1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1516e31ac458a738be485620579d8f7fb2700fcb cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b7e066eabcc7d6d8f476c34739b45932f2f4c31 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2dc650956e4e163b879b3fb1027f9557abc5c985 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46640c814f25f096b0b0045ca50e1b7030cd8a30 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48b0e36cf54358276ee7aa897034c973097d2bc9 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6733ae71268a27d598cfb3f3339a3c950b9b656d cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bad4bda74dc4713f398d3b7624ff05478e3a568 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f00df8500e5a36ba70d336fd34bd2152ea074e5f cve-icon cve-icon
History

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-20

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: ah6: validate routing header segments_left AH6 rearranges routing-header addresses before computing or verifying the ICV. ipv6_rearrange_rthdr() assumes that segments_left is not larger than the number of addresses described by the routing header's hdrlen field. That assumption does not hold for raw IPv6 HDRINCL packets. A packet with hdrlen equal to 2 describes one address, but can carry an arbitrary segments_left value. With segments_left equal to 255, the function moves its address pointer 4,064 bytes backwards and passes a 4,064-byte length to memmove(), resulting in an out-of-bounds access. Validate the invariant locally before modifying the routing header or performing any address-pointer arithmetic, and propagate malformed-header errors to the existing AH6 input and output error paths.
Title xfrm: ah6: validate routing header segments_left
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2026-09-04T15:54:54.295Z

Updated: 2026-09-04T15:54:54.295Z

Reserved: 2026-08-26T14:34:25.796Z

Link: CVE-2026-80844

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-04T16:18:13.023

Modified: 2026-09-04T16:18:13.023

Link: CVE-2026-80844

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