{"id":"CVE-2026-63994","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-63994","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:19:12.075Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tunnels: load network headers after skb_cow() in iptunnel_pmtud_build_icmp[v6]() Sashiko found that iptunnel_pmtud_build_icmp() and iptunnel_pmtud_build_icmpv6() were caching ip_hdr()…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntunnels: load network headers after skb_cow() in iptunnel_pmtud_build_icmp[v6]()\n\nSashiko found that iptunnel_pmtud_build_icmp() and\niptunnel_pmtud_build_icmpv6() were caching ip_hdr() and ipv6_hdr()\nbefore an skb_cow() call which can reallocate skb->head.\n\nFix this possible UAF by initializing the local variables\nafter the skb_cow() call.\n\nRemove skb_reset_network_header() calls which were not needed.","published":"2026-07-19T16:17:39.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-19T21:17:17.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00514,"percentile":0.43543,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.51%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50750d86a2e5266aba0c295483b3397843198b11","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dff77899b9e9fe5d854abda3a98ad04e7229ef7","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7254aef4d1a7e18e887af9010e2f2dc34806789b","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76cd9398a0470257ab765bdf5f358a2af2e17934","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95b6d772bfe788331d9742d73eaa12e113b2adc4","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4bc94353050b1fa7b702bd4c6600710dd926cff","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf8b3f34c37c162357138e7c0942723b8b94fed1","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3f204541f280a6ecb04503a0d6794d93990ca43","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63994","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}