CVE-2026-68302

amt: re-read skb header pointers after every pull

CVE-2026-68302 is fixed in 17 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68302, released August 11, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
9.8
Low
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0048
41st percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: amt: re-read skb header pointers after every pull Several AMT receive and transmit paths cache a pointer into the skb head (ip_hdr(), ipv6_hdr(), eth_hdr() or the AMT message header) and then call a helper that can reallocate that head before the cached pointer is used again. pskb_may_pull(), ip_mc_may_pull(), ipv6_mc_may_pull(), iptunnel_pull_header(), ip_mc_check_igmp() and ipv6_mc_check_mld() can all free the old head and move the data, so a pointer taken before the call dangles afterwards and the later access is a use-after-free of the freed head. The affected sites are: amt_rcv() caches ip_hdr() before amt_parse_type() pulls, then reads iph->saddr. amt_dev_xmit() caches ip_hdr()/ipv6_hdr() before ip_mc_check_igmp()/ ipv6_mc_check_mld() and pskb_may_pull(), then reads the group address. amt_multicast_data_handler() caches eth_hdr() before pskb_may_pull(), then writes the L2 header. amt_membership_query_handler() caches the AMT header, the outer and inner eth_hdr() and ip_hdr() before iptunnel_pull_header() and several pulls, then reads and writes them. amt_igmpv3_report_handler() and amt_mldv2_report_handler() cache ip_hdr()/ipv6_hdr() and the current group record and read the record count from the report header inside the record loop, across the *_mc_may_pull() calls. amt_update_handler() caches ip_hdr() and the AMT membership-update header before pskb_may_pull(), iptunnel_pull_header(), ip_mc_check_igmp() and the report handler, then reads iph->daddr and amtmu->nonce / amtmu->response_mac. Fix each site by either snapshotting the scalar that is used after the pull before the first pull runs, or re-deriving the header pointer from the skb after the last pull that can move the head. Values that are stable across the pull (source and group address, the response MAC and nonce, the record count, the outer source MAC) are snapshotted; pointers that are written through or read repeatedly are re-derived.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
dtb-aarch64 · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-64kb · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-64kb · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
kernel-64kb · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-azure · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-azure · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
kernel-azure · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-default · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-default · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
kernel-default · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-default-base · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1.160000.2.22 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-default-base · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1.150700.17.45.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
kernel-default-base · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1.160000.2.23 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-docs · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-docs · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
kernel-docs · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-kvmsmall · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-kvmsmall · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_20 · sles 15.7 1-150700.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4120-1 Sep 10, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_21 · sles 15.7 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
kernel-obs-build · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-obs-build · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
kernel-obs-qa · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-obs-qa · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-rt · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-source · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-source · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
kernel-source · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-syms · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-syms · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
kernel-syms · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1 Sep 22, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1 Oct 7, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1 Sep 22, 2026
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.187-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68302 Aug 11, 2026
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.101-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68302 Aug 11, 2026
linux · Debian 14 7.1.6-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68302 Aug 11, 2026
linux-6.12 · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.12.101-1~deb12u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68302 Aug 11, 2026

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