CVE-2026-98952

pfcp: make sure the SEID is linear before reading it

State
Published
Severity
7.3 High
Published
Oct 23, 2026
Updated
Oct 24, 2026
Reserved
Sep 25, 2026

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Description

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

pfcp: make sure the SEID is linear before reading it

pfcp_encap_recv() only makes sure that the UDP header and the 4 byte PFCP header are in the linear area. When the S flag is set, pfcp_session_recv() then reads the 8 byte SEID that follows, which is not covered by the pskb_may_pull() check.

A short PFCP packet with the S flag set, or one whose session header lies in a fragment, therefore makes pfcp_session_recv() read beyond the end of the packet data, and whatever it finds there is stored in the tunnel metadata that flower later classifies on.

Pull up to the end of the SEID before reading it, and drop packets that are too short to contain it. Reload the header pointer afterwards since pskb_may_pull() may reallocate the skb head.

Use offsetofend() rather than sizeof(struct pfcphdr_session): the structure is not packed, so its size is 16 bytes because of the alignment of the __be64 member, while the header on the wire is only 12 bytes, and valid session messages would be dropped.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.3 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LLinux

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 6dd514f48110ebb4bf36875b9e7e02d07b589caa to before 3192a5e398c64d48aad64a09e29643e327369bc4Affected
  • 6dd514f48110ebb4bf36875b9e7e02d07b589caa to before b18a6496495495e2dc27e525aa3315a0c59b9513Affected
  • 6dd514f48110ebb4bf36875b9e7e02d07b589caa to before 2fb6d05f706d79bbdc88835be2f4f45ab56dd819Affected
  • 6dd514f48110ebb4bf36875b9e7e02d07b589caa to before 23609bce9e1de525d1d0e73fc68c6e7971d0b49eAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.10Affected
  • before 6.10Not affected
  • 6.12.113 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.57 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.2.11 through 7.2.*Not affected
  • 7.3 and laterNot affected

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