Answer in brief
CVE-2026-74667 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in net/packet: reset the MAC header on the packet-socket transmit path. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=75c65772c3d18447d62d3aca5f91b06c16cc25e4 <1e43a1d66615f411d427f9df1f46dd049d9e3681 || >=75c65772c3d18447d62d3aca5f91b06c16cc25e4 <4057853a91fb796c4f47c7d1baf1aa085394148e || >=75c65772c3d18447d62d3aca5f91b06c16cc25e4 <2610ed4e86a4590234a9d70518c469751c5af231 || >=75c65772c3d18447d62d3aca5f91b06c16cc25e4 <b47ba8fe6e1d2df8c92048de5afafd059447dc30 || >=75c65772c3d18447d62d3aca5f91b06c16cc25e4 <284f3e7a3f1a743fdf89e304fd1f19d5ffcff46d || >=75c65772c3d18447d62d3aca5f91b06c16cc25e4 <971aa7d99242bbf09513e27b7a243f0b29ff23ae || >=75c65772c3d18447d62d3aca5f91b06c16cc25e4 <fdd4d7d52358a58e351dd9d82530c04eba8ccd7a || >=75c65772c3d18447d62d3aca5f91b06c16cc25e4 <c2707480cfbf19c7619acc9c089d17f20869821f | 1e43a1d66615f411d427f9df1f46dd049d9e3681, 4057853a91fb796c4f47c7d1baf1aa085394148e, 2610ed4e86a4590234a9d70518c469751c5af231, b47ba8fe6e1d2df8c92048de5afafd059447dc30, 284f3e7a3f1a743fdf89e304fd1f19d5ffcff46d, 971aa7d99242bbf09513e27b7a243f0b29ff23ae, fdd4d7d52358a58e351dd9d82530c04eba8ccd7a, c2707480cfbf19c7619acc9c089d17f20869821f |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 5.1 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Aug 22, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 22, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 22, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/packet: reset the MAC header on the packet-socket transmit path packet_parse_headers() resets the MAC header only for a SOCK_RAW frame whose socket did not bind a protocol. A protocol-bound SOCK_RAW socket, any SOCK_DGRAM frame, and the legacy SOCK_PACKET path therefore leave skb->mac_header unset here. For frames sent via __dev_queue_xmit() this is harmless: it resets the MAC header unconditionally. But the packet-socket PACKET_QDISC_BYPASS path uses dev_direct_xmit(), which does not, so the frame reaches ndo_start_xmit() with the MAC header unset. A driver that reads eth_hdr(skb) on transmit then dereferences skb->head + (u16)~0, an out-of-bounds access ~64 KiB past the head -- the same class fixed for one consumer in commit f5089008f90c ("macsec: do not read an unset MAC header in macsec_encrypt()"). packet_parse_headers() runs only on the transmit path, where skb->data points at the start of the L2 header for every packet-socket type regardless of its length: SOCK_RAW and SOCK_PACKET carry a user-supplied header and SOCK_DGRAM has one built by dev_hard_header(). Reset the MAC header unconditionally, mirroring __dev_queue_xmit(), so the frame is anchored on the bypass path too. Found by 0sec (https://0sec.ai) using automated source analysis; verified against source and matched to the macsec KASAN report in f5089008f90c. Compile-tested.
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