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CVE-2026-68121

7.8 high exploit ×3 SSVC exploitation: none Published

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.

Fix

Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.

Public exploits 3

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Change history 3

  1. StatusReceived → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-19 20:58
  2. CwesCWE-416NVD modified 2026-10-19 21:17
  3. First seenCVSS 7.8NVD modified 2026-10-16 16:19

Affected (CPE criteria) 0

NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.

References 8