In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: exthdrs: refresh nh pointer after ipv6_hop_jumbo() ipv6_hop_jumbo() calls pskb_trim_rcsum(), which can change skb pointers. Let's recompute nh pointer to make sure any change won't mess things up.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b56bbd928c030894c270cd33d60286326919458 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/645b99b1a185c91a79bdac4c5de0f91b212d64f0 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72af7beae774e46ed543f3f2f267bf0a141bfcdd Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e883eaa878f4337b5873c706efb5a192364ed18 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3ac54e5c905f86d22b502eacb5686a282c5659f Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bddaa4dfc7f36e1ee343a0622f69288af2b9ace9 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c512e1c819dfbf6ae95ee7a44b65b9ad98979157 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d47548a36639095939f4747d4c43f2271366f565 Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 6
- CwesCWE-822 → CWE-416, CWE-822NVD modified 2026-10-22 15:20
- Cpes+11 CPE criteria (now 11)NVD modified 2026-10-22 15:20
- StatusPublished → AnalyzedNVD modified 2026-10-22 15:20
- StatusAwaiting Analysis → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-19 20:17
- CwesCWE-822NVD modified 2026-10-19 21:17
- First seenCVSS 9.8NVD modified 2026-10-16 16:18
Affected (CPE criteria) 11
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b56bbd928c030894c270cd33d60286326919458 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/645b99b1a185c91a79bdac4c5de0f91b212d64f0 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72af7beae774e46ed543f3f2f267bf0a141bfcdd Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e883eaa878f4337b5873c706efb5a192364ed18 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3ac54e5c905f86d22b502eacb5686a282c5659f Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bddaa4dfc7f36e1ee343a0622f69288af2b9ace9 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c512e1c819dfbf6ae95ee7a44b65b9ad98979157 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d47548a36639095939f4747d4c43f2271366f565 Patch