CVE-2026-98393

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ipv4: Fix UDP length overflow with PMTU discover and big MTU This commit bounds cork->base.fragsize to IP_MAX_MTU to avoid a possible overflow of UDP length that triggers a WARN in udp_set_len_short when setsockopt IP_MTU_DISCOVER is set to IP_PMTUDISC_PROBE, and a large packet is sent over a netdev with an unusually large MTU. Steps to reproduce: 1. Set device MTU bigger than IP_MAX_MTU + 20. cork->base.fragsize will be set to that MTU in ip_setup_cork. 2. Set IP_MTU_DISCOVER to IP_PMTUDISC_PROBE. It lets maxnonfragsize be set to device MTU (cork->fragsize) in __ip_append_data, rather than to IP_MAX_MTU. 3. Send 65528 bytes of payload (+8 bytes of UDP header, +20 bytes of IPv4 header). Device MTU allows it (it's only one byte bigger than IP_MAX_MTU + IPv4 header, and the device MTU is bigger than that). 4. The UDP length in the built packet is 65536, which overflows the 16-bit length field and triggers the WARN in udp_set_len_short. Note: IP_PMTUDISC_DO with IPv4 is safe, because ip_dst_mtu_maybe_forward always clamps at IP_MAX_MTU, unlike ip6_dst_mtu_maybe_forward. The Fixes tag points at the first commit where I could reproduce the overflow with IPv4 and IP_PMTUDISC_PROBE.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

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

Published

2026-10-14 14:17:50.193000

Last modified

2026-10-19 10:18:42.607000

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  "id": "CVE-2026-98393",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-10-14T14:17:50.193",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:18:42.607",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: ipv4: Fix UDP length overflow with PMTU discover and big MTU\n\nThis commit bounds cork->base.fragsize to IP_MAX_MTU to avoid a\npossible overflow of UDP length that triggers a WARN in\nudp_set_len_short when setsockopt IP_MTU_DISCOVER is set to\nIP_PMTUDISC_PROBE, and a large packet is sent over a netdev with an\nunusually large MTU.\n\nSteps to reproduce:\n\n1. Set device MTU bigger than IP_MAX_MTU + 20. cork->base.fragsize will\n   be set to that MTU in ip_setup_cork.\n2. Set IP_MTU_DISCOVER to IP_PMTUDISC_PROBE. It lets maxnonfragsize be\n   set to device MTU (cork->fragsize) in __ip_append_data, rather than\n   to IP_MAX_MTU.\n3. Send 65528 bytes of payload (+8 bytes of UDP header, +20 bytes of\n   IPv4 header). Device MTU allows it (it's only one byte bigger than\n   IP_MAX_MTU + IPv4 header, and the device MTU is bigger than that).\n4. The UDP length in the built packet is 65536, which overflows the\n   16-bit length field and triggers the WARN in udp_set_len_short.\n\nNote: IP_PMTUDISC_DO with IPv4 is safe, because ip_dst_mtu_maybe_forward\nalways clamps at IP_MAX_MTU, unlike ip6_dst_mtu_maybe_forward.\n\nThe Fixes tag points at the first commit where I could reproduce the\noverflow with IPv4 and IP_PMTUDISC_PROBE."
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