CVE-2026-90160
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lwt_bpf: Restore reserved headroom after xmit program ip_finish_output2() expands an skb to LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev) before LWT xmit. An LWT_XMIT BPF program can then modify the skb head and still return BPF_OK, so bpf_xmit() rechecks the remaining headroom before the skb continues to neighbour output. That recheck uses dst->dev->hard_header_len. This is not enough for the neighbour cached-header path: neigh_hh_output() copies the cached hardware header using the aligned hh_cache size, HH_DATA_MOD for short headers or HH_DATA_ALIGN(hh_len) otherwise. On Ethernet, hard_header_len is 14 but the cached copy needs 16 bytes. If an LWT_XMIT BPF program calls bpf_skb_change_head(skb, 1, 0), the skb can still have 15 bytes of headroom after the program. The existing check accepts that, after which neigh_hh_output() hits its headroom warning and drops the skb. Use LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dst->dev) in the post-BPF headroom check to match the reservation made before LWT xmit.
Severity
Not scored
CVSS score
Not available
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-09-17 17:17:09.190000
Last modified
2026-10-19 09:19:05.990000
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"published": "2026-09-17T17:17:09.190",
"lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:19:05.990",
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nlwt_bpf: Restore reserved headroom after xmit program\n\nip_finish_output2() expands an skb to LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev) before LWT\nxmit. An LWT_XMIT BPF program can then modify the skb head and still\nreturn BPF_OK, so bpf_xmit() rechecks the remaining headroom before the\nskb continues to neighbour output.\n\nThat recheck uses dst->dev->hard_header_len. This is not enough for the\nneighbour cached-header path: neigh_hh_output() copies the cached hardware\nheader using the aligned hh_cache size, HH_DATA_MOD for short headers or\nHH_DATA_ALIGN(hh_len) otherwise.\n\nOn Ethernet, hard_header_len is 14 but the cached copy needs 16 bytes. If\nan LWT_XMIT BPF program calls bpf_skb_change_head(skb, 1, 0), the skb can\nstill have 15 bytes of headroom after the program. The existing check\naccepts that, after which neigh_hh_output() hits its headroom warning and\ndrops the skb.\n\nUse LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dst->dev) in the post-BPF headroom check to match\nthe reservation made before LWT xmit."
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