CVE-2026-98950

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: flow_dissector: avoid u16 truncation of hlen in bpf_flow_dissect() bpf_flow_dissect() sanitizes the offsets returned by the BPF program with clamp_t(u16, ..., hlen). If hlen is bigger than 65535, the upper bound is truncated before the comparison. For instance, with hlen == 65536, both nhoff and thoff are forced to zero, even if the program returned sane values. This is the same class of bug as the one fixed in commit 99bda1ecbd56 ("flow_dissector: avoid u16 truncation of skb->len when computing thoff"). That fix does not cover the BPF path, because __skb_flow_dissect() returns early when a BPF flow dissector handles the packet. struct bpf_flow_keys stores nhoff and thoff as u16, so cap hlen to U16_MAX before clamping. Found by sashiko while reviewing the commit above.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

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

Published

2026-10-23 13:17:16.153000

Last modified

2026-10-30 13:21:32.563000

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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-10-23T13:17:16.153",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-30T13:21:32.563",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nflow_dissector: avoid u16 truncation of hlen in bpf_flow_dissect()\n\nbpf_flow_dissect() sanitizes the offsets returned by the BPF program\nwith clamp_t(u16, ..., hlen).\n\nIf hlen is bigger than 65535, the upper bound is truncated before\nthe comparison. For instance, with hlen == 65536, both nhoff and\nthoff are forced to zero, even if the program returned sane values.\n\nThis is the same class of bug as the one fixed in commit 99bda1ecbd56\n(\"flow_dissector: avoid u16 truncation of skb->len when computing\nthoff\"). That fix does not cover the BPF path, because\n__skb_flow_dissect() returns early when a BPF flow dissector\nhandles the packet.\n\nstruct bpf_flow_keys stores nhoff and thoff as u16, so cap hlen\nto U16_MAX before clamping.\n\nFound by sashiko while reviewing the commit above."
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