In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drop_monitor: fix size calculations for 64-bit attributes
net_dm_packet_report_fill() and net_dm_hw_packet_report_fill() use nla_put_u64_64bit() to append 64-bit attributes (NET_DM_ATTR_PC and NET_DM_ATTR_TIMESTAMP).
On 32-bit architectures without CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS, nla_put_u64_64bit() may append a 4-byte NET_DM_ATTR_PAD attribute for 64-bit alignment.
However, net_dm_packet_report_size() and net_dm_hw_packet_report_size() used nla_total_size(sizeof(u64)) instead of nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(u64)), budgeting 12 bytes instead of up to 16 bytes.
This under-estimation of SKB size can lead to an skb_over_panic() when __nla_reserve() or skb_put() is subsequently called.
Fix this by using nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(u64)) in both size calculations.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux-6.12Upgrade linux | Sep 30, 2026 | Aug 10, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Aug 13, 2026 | Aug 10, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-realtime-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rtUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-realtime-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-gke-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-38-realtime-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-38-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-virtual-7.0Upgrade linux-image-aws-7.0Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-fde-lts-26.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-7.0Upgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gke-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1036-nvidia-tegraUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1013-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-realtime-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1014-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-realtime-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rt-6.8Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-38-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-oem-7.0Upgrade linux-image-generic-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1014-gcpUpgrade linux-image-gke-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1008-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1008-gkeUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1017-azureUpgrade linux-image-oem-26.04aUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-fde-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1014-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1014-awsUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1013-oracleUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1016-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-azure-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1015-oemUpgrade linux-image-oem-26.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-38-genericUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-6.8Upgrade linux-image-ibm-7.0Upgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-gke-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-azure-lts-26.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1015-ibmUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1036-nvidia-tegra-rtUpgrade linux-image-oracle-7.0Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegraUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k | Oct 7, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Sep 30, 2026 | Aug 10, 2026 |
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