bpf: make sure skb->len != 0 when redirecting to a tunneling device

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: make sure skb->len != 0 when redirecting to a tunneling device syzkaller managed to trigger another case where skb->len == 0 when we enter __dev_queue_xmit: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 2470 at include/linux/skbuff.h:2576 skb_assert_len include/linux/skbuff.h:2576 [inline] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 2470 at include/linux/skbuff.h:2576 __dev_queue_xmit+0x2069/0x35e0 net/core/dev.c:4295 Call Trace: dev_queue_xmit+0x17/0x20 net/core/dev.c:4406 __bpf_tx_skb net/core/filter.c:2115 [inline] __bpf_redirect_no_mac net/core/filter.c:2140 [inline] __bpf_redirect+0x5fb/0xda0 net/core/filter.c:2163 ____bpf_clone_redirect net/core/filter.c:2447 [inline] bpf_clone_redirect+0x247/0x390 net/core/filter.c:2419 bpf_prog_48159a89cb4a9a16+0x59/0x5e bpf_dispatcher_nop_func include/linux/bpf.h:897 [inline] __bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:596 [inline] bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:603 [inline] bpf_test_run+0x46c/0x890 net/bpf/test_run.c:402 bpf_prog_test_run_skb+0xbdc/0x14c0 net/bpf/test_run.c:1170 bpf_prog_test_run+0x345/0x3c0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:3648 __sys_bpf+0x43a/0x6c0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5005 __do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5091 [inline] __se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5089 [inline] __x64_sys_bpf+0x7c/0x90 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5089 do_syscall_64+0x54/0x70 arch/x86/entry/common.c:48 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x61/0xc6 The reproducer doesn't really reproduce outside of syzkaller environment, so I'm taking a guess here. It looks like we do generate correct ETH_HLEN-sized packet, but we redirect the packet to the tunneling device. Before we do so, we __skb_pull l2 header and arrive again at skb->len == 0. Doesn't seem like we can do anything better than having an explicit check after __skb_pull?

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.16% · top 95% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.

Affected products

• Linux · Linux

  • affected 4e3264d21b90984c2165e8fe5a7b64cf25bc2c2d – < ffbccc5fb0a67424e12f7f8da210c04c8063f797
  • affected 4e3264d21b90984c2165e8fe5a7b64cf25bc2c2d – < e6a63203e5a90a39392fa1a7ffc60f5e9baf642a
  • affected 4e3264d21b90984c2165e8fe5a7b64cf25bc2c2d – < 772431f30ca040cfbf31b791d468bac6a9ca74d3
  • affected 4e3264d21b90984c2165e8fe5a7b64cf25bc2c2d – < 6d935a02658be82585ecb39aab339faa84496650
  • affected 4e3264d21b90984c2165e8fe5a7b64cf25bc2c2d – < 5d3f4478d22b2cb1810f6fe0f797411e9d87b3e5
  • affected 4e3264d21b90984c2165e8fe5a7b64cf25bc2c2d – < 1b65704b8c08ae92db29f720d3b298031131da53
  • affected 4e3264d21b90984c2165e8fe5a7b64cf25bc2c2d – < f186303845a01cc7e991f9dc51d7e5a3cdc7aedb
  • affected 4e3264d21b90984c2165e8fe5a7b64cf25bc2c2d – < 07ec7b502800ba9f7b8b15cb01dd6556bb41aaca

• Linux · Linux

  • affected 4.9
  • unaffected < 4.9
  • unaffected 4.14.303 – ≤ 4.14.*
  • unaffected 4.19.270 – ≤ 4.19.*
  • unaffected 5.4.229 – ≤ 5.4.*
  • unaffected 5.10.163 – ≤ 5.10.*
  • unaffected 5.15.86 – ≤ 5.15.*
  • unaffected 6.0.16 – ≤ 6.0.*
  • unaffected 6.1.2 – ≤ 6.1.*
  • unaffected 6.2 – ≤ *

References (8)

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffbccc5fb0a67424e12f7f8da210c04c8063f797 (opens in a new tab)
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6a63203e5a90a39392fa1a7ffc60f5e9baf642a (opens in a new tab)
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/772431f30ca040cfbf31b791d468bac6a9ca74d3 (opens in a new tab)
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d935a02658be82585ecb39aab339faa84496650 (opens in a new tab)
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d3f4478d22b2cb1810f6fe0f797411e9d87b3e5 (opens in a new tab)
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b65704b8c08ae92db29f720d3b298031131da53 (opens in a new tab)
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f186303845a01cc7e991f9dc51d7e5a3cdc7aedb (opens in a new tab)
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07ec7b502800ba9f7b8b15cb01dd6556bb41aaca (opens in a new tab)

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 5 Nov 2026, 20:10 UTC.