{"id":"CVE-2026-46266","revision":"df21e333c53a4657bbaca538d1af1d1f","records":[{"revision":"df21e333c53a4657bbaca538d1af1d1f","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2026-46266","aliases":[],"title":"inet: RAW sockets using IPPROTO_RAW MUST drop incoming ICMP","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ninet: RAW sockets using IPPROTO_RAW MUST drop incoming ICMP\n\nYizhou Zhao reported that simply having one RAW socket on protocol\nIPPROTO_RAW (255) was dangerous.\n\n  socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, 255);\n\nA malicious incoming ICMP packet can set the protocol field to 255\nand match this socket, leading to FNHE cache changes.\n\ninner = IP(src=\"192.168.2.1\", dst=\"8.8.8.8\", proto=255)/Raw(\"TEST\")\npkt = IP(src=\"192.168.1.1\", dst=\"192.168.2.1\")/ICMP(type=3, code=4, nexthopmtu=576)/inner\n\n\"man 7 raw\" states:\n\n  A protocol of IPPROTO_RAW implies enabled IP_HDRINCL and is able\n  to send any IP protocol that is specified in the passed header.\n  Receiving of all IP protocols via IPPROTO_RAW is not possible\n  using raw sockets.\n\nMake sure we drop these malicious packets.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-06-03T15:50:07.907+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-19T19:36:56.452+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/ipv4/icmp.c\",\n                        \"net/ipv6/icmp.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"47276297140ee6712646f9b19fb04fe26daedd01\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"db76b75ede3810e7cf9cfea5067d4f3e0993768b\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"19e42490c89bac9a388f28179e66bebbef350f99\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2\",\n                    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  \"version\": \"6.1.187\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.1.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.6.128\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.6.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.12.75\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.12.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.18.14\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.18.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.19.4\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.19.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"7.0\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"original_commit_for_fix\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"}],"metrics":[{"system":"CVSS 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