CVE-2026-53014

net/sched: act_mirred: fix wrong device for mac_header_xmit check in tcf_blockcast_redir

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Jun 24, 2026
Updated
Jun 24, 2026
Reserved
Jun 9, 2026

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Description

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

net/sched: act_mirred: fix wrong device for mac_header_xmit check in tcf_blockcast_redir

In tcf_blockcast_redir(), when iterating block ports to redirect packets to multiple devices, the mac_header_xmit flag is queried from the wrong device. The loop sends to dev_prev but queries dev_is_mac_header_xmit(dev) — which is the NEXT device in the iteration, not the one being sent to.

This causes tcf_mirred_to_dev() to make incorrect decisions about whether to push or pull the MAC header. When the block contains mixed device types (e.g., an ethernet veth and a tunnel device), intermediate devices get the wrong mac_header_xmit flag, leading to skb header corruption. In the worst case, skb_push_rcsum with an incorrect mac_len can exhaust headroom and panic.

The last device in the loop is handled correctly (line 365-366 uses dev_is_mac_header_xmit(dev_prev)), confirming this is a copy-paste oversight for the intermediate devices.

Fix by using dev_prev instead of dev for the mac_header_xmit query, consistent with the device actually being sent to.

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Weaknesses

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Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 42f39036cda808d3de243192a2cf5125f12f3047 to before 8fda5174286119addd28473fb2ec5bdf521c05a8Affected
  • 42f39036cda808d3de243192a2cf5125f12f3047 to before 7db3e4e03032261b1b519341123fc30d995478caAffected
  • 42f39036cda808d3de243192a2cf5125f12f3047 to before 4764953c4b47585eb72797b216b63a831dc0c7e6Affected
  • 42f39036cda808d3de243192a2cf5125f12f3047 to before 4510d140524ca7d6e772db962e013f26f09a63b1Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.8Affected
  • before 6.8Not affected
  • 6.12.91 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.33 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.0.10 through 7.0.*Not affected
  • 7.1 and laterNot affected

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