net: tap: fix wrong transport_header when sending VLAN-tagged frame
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: 5 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: net: tap: fix wrong transport_header when sending VLAN-tagged frame In tap_get_user_xdp(), when processing a VLAN-tagged frame (e.g. ETH_P_8021Q), skb_set_network_header() is called first to advance network_header past the VLAN tag to the inner protocol header. skb_probe_transport_header() is then called with skb->protocol still set to ETH_P_8021Q, while nhoff (derived from skb_network_offset()) already points past the VLAN tag to the inner protocol header. In __skb_flow_dissect(), proto is initialized to ETH_P_8021Q and nhoff points past the VLAN tag. When the dissector hits case ETH_P_8021Q, it reads a struct vlan_hdr at the current nhoff via __skb_header_pointer(), but that offset contains the inner protocol header (e.g. an IP header). The bytes are misinterpreted as a VLAN header, yielding a garbage encapsulated EtherType that matches no known protocol. The dissector returns false, so skb_probe_transport_header() never calls skb_set_transport_header(), leaving transport_header at its uninitialized sentinel value (~0U). Move skb_set_network_header() to after skb_probe_transport_header(). At the time skb_probe_transport_header() is called, network_header still points to the VLAN header (offset ETH_HLEN), so nhoff is correct and the flow dissector can parse the VLAN header, extract the inner EtherType, and advance nhoff to the inner protocol header, allowing transport_header to be set correctly.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.21
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.46, 7.1.10, 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 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-80905
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g5w8-mfrg-h6h8
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@c0376820922d255ae1d103c32345a6ec4c3266f7 +1 · CNA
- 2026-10-21 2 new references · CNA
- 2026-10-25 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-25 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-26 CVSS score changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@a8f49e83e4447b885376e6a937d62df883cc8824 · CNA
- 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8f49e83e4447b885376e6a937d62df883cc8824
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0376820922d255ae1d103c32345a6ec4c3266f7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1d297cad5c1eacd9fadfd0346ad97405ffbf97c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ffaa5d7f56ab24a8e23cf131eadfef31a3bbc4b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88b79ac89ecc04d7f2613f7e1c0b46f0c4ddb2f3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbb35cbe8db268fefe34c23df15348cf99025298
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Sources
- CVE-2026-80905 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-80905 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g5w8-mfrg-h6h8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-80905 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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