Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 25, 2026· Updated Jul 2, 2026
CVE-2026-53221
CVE-2026-53221
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ip6_vti: fix incorrect tunnel matching in vti6_tnl_lookup()
In vti6_tnl_lookup(), when an exact match for a tunnel fails, the code falls back to searching for wildcard tunnels:
- Tunnels matching the packet's local address, with any remote address wildcard remote).
- Tunnels matching the packet's remote address, with any local address (wildcard local).
However, vti6 stores all these different types of tunnels in the same hash table (ip6n->tnls_r_l) prone to hash collisions.
The bug is that the fallback search loops in vti6_tnl_lookup() were missing checks to ensure that the candidate tunnel actually has a wildcard address.
Affected products
24cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 8 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=3.19,<5.10.259
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
- osv-coords14 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.12pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-aws-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-6.12pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-azure-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.12pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18-bootc-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-6.12pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-6.18pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-6.18-bootc-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-melangepkg:apk/chainguard/linux-vmware-6.12pkg:apk/chainguard/linux-vmware-6.18pkg:linux/kernel
< 6.12.95-r0+ 13 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.95-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.38-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.95-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.38-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.95-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.38-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.38-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.95-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.38-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.38-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.36-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.95-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.38-r0
- (no CPE)range: >= 3.19.0, < 5.10.259
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2abfb19bbb81958714ad1d43ebeb65b30394184bnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fc7bc087cc7085368263d9d37bfe9a0bddd6a2dnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/47fb3c2b4203556308e64354b3e78f2ce221d646nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/90fd4513315ca07da99cfd8549d3e553a7160f0dnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5c0359f5cbc51a2e2b114d6041e0f3c73f903e9nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c327fa4fca31415431202e063767a7ae342e19c6nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f513f308cc4bdb4530d033431592ffbc29b7fca1nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc657ac0767c49839b3ef0b08dc0953ca30883f8nvdPatch
News mentions
1- Android SDK: 13 Kernel Networking CVEs Patched in June 2026 BulletinVypr Intelligence · Jun 25, 2026