UNKNOWN NVD
CVE-2026-90160
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lwt_bpf: Restore reserved headroom after xmit program ip_finish_output2() expands an skb t
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
lwt_bpf: Restore reserved headroom after xmit program
ip_finish_output2() expands an skb to LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev) before LWT
xmit. An LWT_XMIT BPF program can then modify the skb head and still
return BPF_OK, so bpf_xmit() rechecks the remaining headroom before the
skb continues to neighbour output.
That recheck uses dst->dev->hard_header_len. This is not enough for the
neighbour cached-header path: neigh_hh_output() copies the cached hardware
header using the aligned hh_cache size, HH_DATA_MOD for short headers or
HH_DATA_ALIGN(hh_len) otherwise.
On Ethernet, hard_header_len is 14 but the cached copy needs 16 bytes. If
an LWT_XMIT BPF program calls bpf_skb_change_head(skb, 1, 0), the skb can
still have 15 bytes of headroom after the program. The existing check
accepts that, after which neigh_hh_output() hits its headroom warning and
drops the skb.
Use LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dst->dev) in the post-BPF headroom check to match
the reservation made before LWT xmit.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/179a5b2171573d94a25c9aa8e1c9f9ac352ad316
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fe7007aed9ad069b2bd77e5d0c875c64f5c0269
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/753e5cdcca5474d230d62bb3489e5168ab27c272
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cf561843ed0ad57501892a65abb77957e6c800f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d043e24520a273c362be5dd7d9c82796879a49b
This unknown severity vulnerability was published on 2026-09-17 via NVD.
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