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FKIE_CVE-2026-80731

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-03 13:06 - Updated: 2026-09-04 05:17
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: remove CAP_SYS_RAWIO zero-padding in dev_validate_header dev_validate_header() reads dev->hard_header_len directly when zero-padding short link layer headers for CAP_SYS_RAWIO holders: if (capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO)) { memset(ll_header + len, 0, dev->hard_header_len - len); return true; } Packet send paths call dev_validate_header() on skbs whose headroom was allocated from an earlier hard_header_len read. If the device is reconfigured so that dev->hard_header_len increases before validation, the memset writes past the reserved buffer, an out-of-bounds write. This out-of-bounds write is masked in some SOCK_RAW paths today because the same concurrent increase can first make skb_push() exceed the reserved headroom and trigger skb_under_panic(). Remove the zero-padding branch before making those hard_header_len reads consistent, so the snapshot fixes do not turn a loud panic into a silent overwrite. This path is only reached for variable length L2 protocols, where len < hard_header_len but len >= min_header_len. No remaining in-tree variable length L2 protocol implements header_ops->validate, and the CAP_SYS_RAWIO bypass that zero-pads and accepts short headers has no real value beyond allowing testing of intentionally malformed input. Drop the CAP_SYS_RAWIO branch. The remaining reads of dev->hard_header_len in dev_validate_header() are comparisons only and have no memory safety impact.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b9a324e646d3657a8d9806dfbfe4f3e4066e882
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53fd7f912c0877647d6a1e1877f5ea8535ee0b4a
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74e035f07f53feca09e2352e77fccb09cad5e208
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fc9816404166a90ed8d544dc52482fafffb6d9f
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99df6b7a713f96eda206680d100b76e15f9d9b69
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0f92a5731dc82556a9ae005cc35f71ab136307b
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbb30dc943a93e083f1e531bfdc6779e57de40d0
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa6d98dd925e72fc028b26a0cbbff9d2f0601ff6
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc902f52a02298c7432b2334c0c82a2885a1a8b6
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: remove CAP_SYS_RAWIO zero-padding in dev_validate_header\n\ndev_validate_header() reads dev-\u003ehard_header_len directly when\nzero-padding short link layer headers for CAP_SYS_RAWIO holders:\n\n    if (capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO)) {\n        memset(ll_header + len, 0, dev-\u003ehard_header_len - len);\n        return true;\n    }\n\nPacket send paths call dev_validate_header() on skbs whose headroom was\nallocated from an earlier hard_header_len read. If the device is\nreconfigured so that dev-\u003ehard_header_len increases before validation,\nthe memset writes past the reserved buffer, an out-of-bounds write.\n\nThis out-of-bounds write is masked in some SOCK_RAW paths today because\nthe same concurrent increase can first make skb_push() exceed the\nreserved headroom and trigger skb_under_panic(). Remove the zero-padding\nbranch before making those hard_header_len reads consistent, so the\nsnapshot fixes do not turn a loud panic into a silent overwrite.\n\nThis path is only reached for variable length L2 protocols, where\nlen \u003c hard_header_len but len \u003e= min_header_len. No remaining in-tree\nvariable length L2 protocol implements header_ops-\u003evalidate, and the\nCAP_SYS_RAWIO bypass that zero-pads and accepts short headers has no\nreal value beyond allowing testing of intentionally malformed input.\n\nDrop the CAP_SYS_RAWIO branch. The remaining reads of\ndev-\u003ehard_header_len in dev_validate_header() are comparisons only and\nhave no memory safety impact."
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  "lastModified": "2026-09-04T05:17:13.583",
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