Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 24, 2026
ipv6: fix possible UAF in icmpv6_rcv()
CVE-2026-53006
Description
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.
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8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0069813e6ca9309eca78022bcb3aeb1e9ef90a12mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/085e31a811ef234ef8c3e219c4636dfebfe7e10fmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e1f0f89ee4692a64be3f3707ff8ac1ae57b03e7mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/38bdbc897c0d83a3e2b925a51b69420f1feba29amitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bff2c8fe5c35ae58bf73104f53db3676e6e5d94mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c66b368c6ff453f99cb39d84af93e908e51eef2mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/aff0f28f5be803de2452ce702631c021fcd9ce8amitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f996edd7615e686ada141b7f3395025729ff8ccbmitre
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