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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 25, 2026· Updated Jul 7, 2026

CVE-2026-53249

CVE-2026-53249

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ipv4: restrict IPOPT_SSRR and IPOPT_LSRR options

This patch restricts setting Loose Source and Record Route (LSRR) and Strict Source and Record Route (SSRR) IP options to users with CAP_NET_RAW capability.

This prevents unprivileged applications from forcing packets to route through attacker-controlled nodes to leak TCP ISN and possibly other protocol information.

While LSRR and SSRR are commonly filtered in many network environments, they may still be supported and forwarded along some network paths.

RFC 7126 (Recommendations on Filtering of IPv4 Packets Containing IPv4 Options) recommend to drop these options in 4.3 and 4.4.

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