CVE-2026-22988

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arp: do not assume dev_hard_header() does not change skb->head arp_create() is the only dev_hard_header() caller making assumption about skb->head being unchanged. A recent commit broke this assumption. Initialize @arp pointer after dev_hard_header() call.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e432dbff342b95fe44645f9a90fcf333c80f4b5e

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd6ccec088adff4bdf33e2b2dd102df20a7128fa

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c92510f5e3f82ba11c95991824a41e59a9c5ed81

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/949647e7771a4a01963fe953a96d81fba7acecf3

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70bddc16491ef4681f3569b3a2c80309a3edcdd1

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/393525dee5c39acff8d6705275d7fcaabcfb7f0a

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/029935507d0af6553c45380fbf6feecf756fd226

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-01-23

Updated: 2026-01-23

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00024