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netfilter: require Ethernet MAC header before using eth_hdr()

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: require Ethernet MAC header before using eth_hdr() `ip6t_eui64`, `xt_mac`, the `bitmap:ip,mac`, `hash:ip,mac`, and `hash:mac` ipset types, and `nf_log_syslog` access `eth_hdr(skb)` after either assuming that the skb is associated with an Ethernet device or checking only that the `ETH_HLEN` bytes at `skb_mac_header(skb)` lie between `skb->head` and `skb->data`. Make these paths first verify that the skb is associated with an Ethernet device, that the MAC header was set, and that it spans at least a full Ethernet header before accessing `eth_hdr(skb)`.

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CVE-2026-53131

Primary source · Revision 1

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Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-53131

Linux

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Linux

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product

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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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      "net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_eui64.c",
      "net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_ipmac.c",
      "net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_ipmac.c",
      "net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_mac.c",
      "net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c",
      "net/netfilter/xt_mac.c"
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    "programFiles": [
      "net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_eui64.c",
      "net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_bitmap_ipmac.c",
      "net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_ipmac.c",
      "net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_mac.c",
      "net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c",
      "net/netfilter/xt_mac.c"
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]
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CVE-2026-53131

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Event
#40755 · Revision 1
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  1. CVE-2026-53131 · Revision 1Source updated