net/sched: cls_u32: use skb_header_pointer_careful()
skb_header_pointer() does not fully validate negative @offset values.
Use skb_header_pointer_careful() instead.
GangMin Kim provided a report and a repro fooling u32_classify():
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in u32_classify+0x1180/0x11b0
net/sched/cls_u32.c:221
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Debian DSA |
DSA-6141-1 | linux security update |
Solution
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Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:45:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-125 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.35:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.35:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.35:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.35:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.35:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.35:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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cvssV3_1
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Mon, 16 Feb 2026 12:15:00 +0000
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Sat, 14 Feb 2026 16:45:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: cls_u32: use skb_header_pointer_careful() skb_header_pointer() does not fully validate negative @offset values. Use skb_header_pointer_careful() instead. GangMin Kim provided a report and a repro fooling u32_classify(): BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in u32_classify+0x1180/0x11b0 net/sched/cls_u32.c:221 | |
| Title | net/sched: cls_u32: use skb_header_pointer_careful() | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-02-14T16:27:27.708Z
Reserved: 2026-01-13T15:37:45.986Z
Link: CVE-2026-23204
No data.
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2026-02-14T17:15:58.297
Modified: 2026-03-19T16:34:35.300
Link: CVE-2026-23204
OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-02-16T09:43:28Z
Debian DSA