{"id":"CVE-2026-23003","revision":"c8a2da01646b46d59c25a8c01dcf80be","records":[{"revision":"c8a2da01646b46d59c25a8c01dcf80be","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2026-23003","aliases":[],"title":"ip6_tunnel: use skb_vlan_inet_prepare() in __ip6_tnl_rcv()","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nip6_tunnel: use skb_vlan_inet_prepare() in __ip6_tnl_rcv()\n\nBlamed commit did not take care of VLAN encapsulations\nas spotted by syzbot [1].\n\nUse skb_vlan_inet_prepare() instead of pskb_inet_may_pull().\n\n[1]\n BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in __INET_ECN_decapsulate include/net/inet_ecn.h:253 [inline]\n BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in INET_ECN_decapsulate include/net/inet_ecn.h:275 [inline]\n BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in IP6_ECN_decapsulate+0x7a8/0x1fa0 include/net/inet_ecn.h:321\n  __INET_ECN_decapsulate include/net/inet_ecn.h:253 [inline]\n  INET_ECN_decapsulate include/net/inet_ecn.h:275 [inline]\n  IP6_ECN_decapsulate+0x7a8/0x1fa0 include/net/inet_ecn.h:321\n  ip6ip6_dscp_ecn_decapsulate+0x16f/0x1b0 net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c:729\n  __ip6_tnl_rcv+0xed9/0x1b50 net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c:860\n  ip6_tnl_rcv+0xc3/0x100 net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c:903\n gre_rcv+0x1529/0x1b90 net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c:-1\n  ip6_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x1c89/0x2c60 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:438\n  ip6_input_finish+0x1f4/0x4a0 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:489\n  NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:318 [inline]\n  ip6_input+0x9c/0x330 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:500\n  ip6_mc_input+0x7ca/0xc10 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:590\n  dst_input include/net/dst.h:474 [inline]\n  ip6_rcv_finish+0x958/0x990 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:79\n  NF_HOOK include/linux/netfilter.h:318 [inline]\n  ipv6_rcv+0xf1/0x3c0 net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:311\n  __netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:6139 [inline]\n  __netif_receive_skb+0x1df/0xac0 net/core/dev.c:6252\n  netif_receive_skb_internal net/core/dev.c:6338 [inline]\n  netif_receive_skb+0x57/0x630 net/core/dev.c:6397\n  tun_rx_batched+0x1df/0x980 drivers/net/tun.c:1485\n  tun_get_user+0x5c0e/0x6c60 drivers/net/tun.c:1953\n  tun_chr_write_iter+0x3e9/0x5c0 drivers/net/tun.c:1999\n  new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline]\n  vfs_write+0xbe2/0x15d0 fs/read_write.c:686\n  ksys_write fs/read_write.c:738 [inline]\n  __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:749 [inline]\n  __se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:746 [inline]\n  __x64_sys_write+0x1fb/0x4d0 fs/read_write.c:746\n  x64_sys_call+0x30ab/0x3e70 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:2\n  do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]\n  do_syscall_64+0xd3/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nUninit was created at:\n  slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4960 [inline]\n  slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5263 [inline]\n  kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0x9e7/0x17a0 mm/slub.c:5315\n  kmalloc_reserve+0x13c/0x4b0 net/core/skbuff.c:586\n  __alloc_skb+0x805/0x1040 net/core/skbuff.c:690\n  alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1383 [inline]\n  alloc_skb_with_frags+0xc5/0xa60 net/core/skbuff.c:6712\n  sock_alloc_send_pskb+0xacc/0xc60 net/core/sock.c:2995\n  tun_alloc_skb drivers/net/tun.c:1461 [inline]\n  tun_get_user+0x1142/0x6c60 drivers/net/tun.c:1794\n  tun_chr_write_iter+0x3e9/0x5c0 drivers/net/tun.c:1999\n  new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline]\n  vfs_write+0xbe2/0x15d0 fs/read_write.c:686\n  ksys_write fs/read_write.c:738 [inline]\n  __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:749 [inline]\n  __se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:746 [inline]\n  __x64_sys_write+0x1fb/0x4d0 fs/read_write.c:746\n  x64_sys_call+0x30ab/0x3e70 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:2\n  do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]\n  do_syscall_64+0xd3/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6465 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(none)\nHardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/25/2025","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-01-25T14:36:17.491+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-19T18:25:27.372+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"a9bc32879a08f23cdb80a48c738017e39aea1080\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"f9c5c5b791d3850570796f9e067629474e613796\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n             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\"version\": \"5.15.199\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"5.15.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.1.162\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.1.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.6.122\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.6.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.12.67\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.12.*\",\n                            \"status\": 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