CVE-2026-98240

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ip_tunnel: initialize `options_len` before referencing options The following command triggers a kernel panic: ip link add d0 type dummy; ip link set d0 up ip route add 10.30.0.0/16 \ encap ip id 300 geneve_opts 4660:66:11223344 dev d0 memcpy: detected buffer overflow: 4 byte write of buffer size 0 kernel BUG at lib/string_helpers.c:1044! ... ip_tun_parse_opts.part.0.cold+0x10/0x10 ip_tun_build_state+0x116/0x2a0 On kernels built with GCC 15+ and `CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE`, the fortified `memcpy()` got 0 sized destination with request of 4 bytes length: static int ip_tun_parse_opts_geneve(...) { ... attr = tb[LWTUNNEL_IP_OPT_GENEVE_DATA]; data_len = nla_len(attr); /* == 4 */ struct geneve_opt *opt = ip_tunnel_info_opts(info) + opts_len; memcpy(opt->opt_data, nla_data(attr), data_len); /* ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 0 since options_len is assigned afterwards */ Fixed by initializing the counter before the options are referenced. Matching what `tunnel_key_opts_set()` already does.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-10-06 09:18:11.960000

Last modified

2026-10-19 10:18:24.877000

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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-98240",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-10-06T09:18:11.960",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:18:24.877",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: ip_tunnel: initialize `options_len` before referencing options\n\nThe following command triggers a kernel panic:\n\n  ip link add d0 type dummy; ip link set d0 up\n  ip route add 10.30.0.0/16 \\\n    encap ip id 300 geneve_opts 4660:66:11223344 dev d0\n\n  memcpy: detected buffer overflow: 4 byte write of buffer size 0\n  kernel BUG at lib/string_helpers.c:1044!\n  ...\n  ip_tun_parse_opts.part.0.cold+0x10/0x10\n  ip_tun_build_state+0x116/0x2a0\n\nOn kernels built with GCC 15+ and `CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE`, the fortified\n`memcpy()` got 0 sized destination with request of 4 bytes length:\n\n  static int ip_tun_parse_opts_geneve(...)\n  {\n      ...\n      attr = tb[LWTUNNEL_IP_OPT_GENEVE_DATA];\n      data_len = nla_len(attr); /* == 4 */\n\n      struct geneve_opt *opt = ip_tunnel_info_opts(info) + opts_len;\n      memcpy(opt->opt_data, nla_data(attr), data_len);\n      /*     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 0 since options_len is assigned afterwards */\n\nFixed by initializing the counter before the options are referenced.\nMatching what `tunnel_key_opts_set()` already does."
    }
  ],
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