CVE-2026-53014
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/sched: act_mirred: fix wrong device for mac_header_xmit check in tcf_blockcast_redir
In tcf_blockcast_redir(), when iterating block ports to redirect packets to multiple devices, the mac_header_xmit flag is queried from the wrong device. The loop sends to dev_prev but queries dev_is_mac_header_xmit(dev) — which is the NEXT device in the iteration, not the one being sent to.
This causes tcf_mirred_to_dev() to make incorrect decisions about whether to push or pull the MAC header. When the block contains mixed device types (e.g., an ethernet veth and a tunnel device), intermediate devices get the wrong mac_header_xmit flag, leading to skb header corruption. In the worst case, skb_push_rcsum with an incorrect mac_len can exhaust headroom and panic.
The last device in the loop is handled correctly (line 365-366 uses dev_is_mac_header_xmit(dev_prev)), confirming this is a copy-paste oversight for the intermediate devices.
Fix by using dev_prev instead of dev for the mac_header_xmit query, consistent with the device actually being sent to.
Affected products
16- osv-coords14 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-64kb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/dtb-aarch64&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-docs&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default-base&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-build&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:linux/kernel
< 6.12.0-160000.37.1+ 13 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1.160000.2.19
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: >= 6.8.0, < 6.12.91
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