CVE-2026-45850

ipvs: skip ipv6 extension headers for csum checks

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: May 27, 2026
Updated: Oct 15, 2026
Reserved: May 13, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ipvs: skip ipv6 extension headers for csum checks

Protocol checksum validation fails for IPv6 if there are extension headers before the protocol header. iph->len already contains its offset, so use it to fix the problem.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
LinuxLinux	0bbdd42b7efa66685b6d74701bcde3a596a3a59d to before 0bf92a90bf05ecafe52e92d5bc15a585021a64acAffected 0bbdd42b7efa66685b6d74701bcde3a596a3a59d to before 54add3b7d3c154ca89ef5bac2582b0ed1a3a15d5Affected 0bbdd42b7efa66685b6d74701bcde3a596a3a59d to before 768f665f3685b455ed686370ed7ccb852a125a3bAffected 0bbdd42b7efa66685b6d74701bcde3a596a3a59d to before 9aa7edc1347b98774e5167ca34e5b8aa6083bde7Affected 0bbdd42b7efa66685b6d74701bcde3a596a3a59d to before d643c1ec80b70508f54dac12179e36920e2c00deAffected 0bbdd42b7efa66685b6d74701bcde3a596a3a59d to before cdce1e797addab72393c0dfee31aaca41ef7d937Affected 0bbdd42b7efa66685b6d74701bcde3a596a3a59d to before a3ca27762ce8476b4fbf9b2a8f5cb74c38e483e4Affected 0bbdd42b7efa66685b6d74701bcde3a596a3a59d to before 05cfe9863ef049d98141dc2969eefde72fb07625Affected
LinuxLinux	2.6.28Affected before 2.6.28Not affected 5.10.259 through 5.10.Not affected 5.15.210 through 5.15.Not affected 6.1.176 through 6.1.Not affected 6.6.143 through 6.6.Not affected 6.12.94 through 6.12.Not affected 6.18.36 through 6.18.Not affected 6.19.4 through 6.19.*Not affected 7.0 and laterNot affected

Product

Versions

LinuxLinux

0bbdd42b7efa66685b6d74701bcde3a596a3a59d to before 0bf92a90bf05ecafe52e92d5bc15a585021a64acAffected
0bbdd42b7efa66685b6d74701bcde3a596a3a59d to before 54add3b7d3c154ca89ef5bac2582b0ed1a3a15d5Affected
0bbdd42b7efa66685b6d74701bcde3a596a3a59d to before 768f665f3685b455ed686370ed7ccb852a125a3bAffected
0bbdd42b7efa66685b6d74701bcde3a596a3a59d to before 9aa7edc1347b98774e5167ca34e5b8aa6083bde7Affected
0bbdd42b7efa66685b6d74701bcde3a596a3a59d to before d643c1ec80b70508f54dac12179e36920e2c00deAffected
0bbdd42b7efa66685b6d74701bcde3a596a3a59d to before cdce1e797addab72393c0dfee31aaca41ef7d937Affected
0bbdd42b7efa66685b6d74701bcde3a596a3a59d to before a3ca27762ce8476b4fbf9b2a8f5cb74c38e483e4Affected
0bbdd42b7efa66685b6d74701bcde3a596a3a59d to before 05cfe9863ef049d98141dc2969eefde72fb07625Affected

LinuxLinux

2.6.28Affected
before 2.6.28Not affected
5.10.259 through 5.10.*Not affected
5.15.210 through 5.15.*Not affected
6.1.176 through 6.1.*Not affected
6.6.143 through 6.6.*Not affected
6.12.94 through 6.12.*Not affected
6.18.36 through 6.18.*Not affected
6.19.4 through 6.19.*Not affected
7.0 and laterNot affected

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