ipvs: use parsed transport offset in TCP state lookup
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipvs: use parsed transport offset in TCP state lookup TCP state handling reparses the skb to find the TCP header. For IPv6 it uses sizeof(struct ipv6hdr), while the surrounding IPVS code already parsed the packet with ip_vs_fill_iph_skb() and has the real transport-header offset in iph.len. This makes TCP state handling look at the wrong bytes when an IPv6 packet carries extension headers. Use the parsed transport offset passed down from ip_vs_set_state() when reading the TCP header. For IPv4 and for IPv6 packets without extension headers, the passed offset matches the previous value.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 2.6.28 and later | 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 2.6.28 and later Fixed in 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 6 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-80875
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x476-x69x-m4jr
- 2026-10-25 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-25 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-26 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d06e0897ce18228d199887f0823b431d841dd03
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/816efb7fc0aeae986e63ac73b428dd97a4ef69f5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5848e914b85e360a2dd9d19c00a72e2ea9617dd0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d45f73c274435703e8d7bc9d8b742a5d9111ab6e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6f550f26562d191c30b2818e7925dcb1c7f166c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d73f4249776dd970ad65a69cfc51613dd8a034bb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2ee845e292c278fac75bf28d96bc892607fd5c4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2500fa3958b1ba51c2b065e39db1b04dfa7e23a2
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Sources
- CVE-2026-80875 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-80875 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x476-x69x-m4jr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-80875 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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