CVE-2026-46266 (GCVE-0-2026-46266)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-03 15:50 – Updated: 2026-06-03 15:50
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Title
inet: RAW sockets using IPPROTO_RAW MUST drop incoming ICMP
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: inet: RAW sockets using IPPROTO_RAW MUST drop incoming ICMP Yizhou Zhao reported that simply having one RAW socket on protocol IPPROTO_RAW (255) was dangerous. socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, 255); A malicious incoming ICMP packet can set the protocol field to 255 and match this socket, leading to FNHE cache changes. inner = IP(src="192.168.2.1", dst="8.8.8.8", proto=255)/Raw("TEST") pkt = IP(src="192.168.1.1", dst="192.168.2.1")/ICMP(type=3, code=4, nexthopmtu=576)/inner "man 7 raw" states: A protocol of IPPROTO_RAW implies enabled IP_HDRINCL and is able to send any IP protocol that is specified in the passed header. Receiving of all IP protocols via IPPROTO_RAW is not possible using raw sockets. Make sure we drop these malicious packets.
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Linux Linux Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < db76b75ede3810e7cf9cfea5067d4f3e0993768b (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 19e42490c89bac9a388f28179e66bebbef350f99 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 531c1aec81bfe19d00af13da5531fbb8209e4bd2 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 719d3932b8f6e3348ce2f0ac58e278301fc17575 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < c89477ad79446867394360b29bb801010fc3ff22 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 2.6.12
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.12 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.128 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.75 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.14 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.4 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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