CVE-2026-68121

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pppoe: reload header pointer after dev_hard_header() pppoe_sendmsg() saves a pointer to the PPPoE header before calling dev_hard_header(). Device header callbacks are allowed to reallocate the skb head, invalidating pointers into it. This can happen when a send is blocked in copy_from_user() while the first non-Ethernet port is added to an empty team device. The team's delegated GRE header callback then expands the skb head. PPPoE subsequently writes six bytes through the stale pointer into the freed head. Reload the PPPoE header through the skb's network-header offset after device header creation. pskb_expand_head() updates that offset when it relocates the head.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9c238f6fe42fb1b4dba3a578277de32cb487937

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6493a4d1ee17595766165fa446d45b7e0c318d0

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bed4caecd723693f750e13adbb2c42ca1249a3fd

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e9fbd7f96bcde63a7c798fe16b38cedee7a1501

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6866abf59976d273164a6624234d96a967280223

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-10

Updated: 2026-08-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.6

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

Severity: High