High severity8.2NVD Advisory· Published Apr 3, 2026· Updated May 26, 2026
CVE-2026-23459
CVE-2026-23459
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ip_tunnel: adapt iptunnel_xmit_stats() to NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_DSTATS
Blamed commits forgot that vxlan/geneve use udp_tunnel[6]_xmit_skb() which call iptunnel_xmit_stats().
iptunnel_xmit_stats() was assuming tunnels were only using NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_TSTATS.
@syncp offset in pcpu_sw_netstats and pcpu_dstats is different.
32bit kernels would either have corruptions or freezes if the syncp sequence was overwritten.
This patch also moves pcpu_stat_type closer to dev->{t,d}stats to avoid a potential cache line miss since iptunnel_xmit_stats() needs to read it.
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6cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.14,<6.19.10
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
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