Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 15, 2026
CVE-2026-72417
CVE-2026-72417
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: flowtable: Validate iph->ihl in nf_flow_ip4_tunnel_proto()
Add sanity check for iph->ihl field in nf_flow_ip4_tunnel_proto() before using it to compute the header size, avoiding out-of-bounds access with malformed IP headers. While at it, use iph->protocol instead of the hardcoded IPPROTO_IPIP constant when setting ctx->tun.proto and reference ctx->tun.hdr_size when updating ctx->offset.
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