CVE-2026-23204

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: cls_u32: use skb_header_pointer_careful() skb_header_pointer() does not fully validate negative @offset values. Use skb_header_pointer_careful() instead. GangMin Kim provided a report and a repro fooling u32_classify(): BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in u32_classify+0x1180/0x11b0 net/sched/cls_u32.c:221

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e41a23e61259f5526af875c3b86b3d42a9bae0e5

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cabd1a976375780dabab888784e356f574bbaed8

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a672f177ebe19c93d795fbe967846084fbc7943

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13336a6239b9d7c6e61483017bb8bdfe3ceb10a5

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-02-14

Updated: 2026-03-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.2

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00018