net: tap: set skb->dev before parsing virtio net header in tap_get_user_xdp() (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-74684
HIGH 7.1

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.15 % · percentile 4 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Received

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: tap: set skb->dev before parsing virtio net header in tap_get_user_xdp() The commit 4f61f133f354 ("net: tap: NULL pointer derefence in dev_parse_header_protocol when skb->dev is null") fixed a crash in tap_get_user() by assigning skb->dev before calling tun_vnet_hdr_to_skb(). This is required because virtio_net_hdr_to_skb() may invoke dev_parse_header_protocol(), which dereferences skb->dev. Without the assignment, a NULL pointer dereference can occur. However, tap_get_user_xdp() still parses the virtio-net header before assigning skb->dev. When the vhost TX path passes an XDP buffer containing a GSO virtio-net header but the protocol is set to zero on purpose, tun_vnet_hdr_to_skb() can reach dev_parse_header_protocol() while skb->dev is still NULL, resulting in a crash. Fix this by looking up the tap device and assigning skb->dev before calling tun_vnet_hdr_to_skb(), matching the ordering already used in tap_get_user(). Preserve the existing RCU read-side critical section across dev_queue_xmit().

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HLinux
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 924a9bc362a5223cd448ca08c3dde21235adc310 < 1d022885f3e6e0e238815391a4afaf3a4fb0a442 ; affected 924a9bc362a5223cd448ca08c3dde21235adc310 < 61dd022c55c7307ec119e5672cb141cccbecf3b1 ; affected 924a9bc362a5223cd448ca08c3dde21235adc310 < 15583b07fd691a844fbf7b3ad612cdc9e9a657c0 ; affected 924a9bc362a5223cd448ca08c3dde21235adc310 < 8b444b126cd8e4473e652f529753ed4dd1360a9c ; affected 924a9bc362a5223cd448ca08c3dde21235adc310 < 164c31ee252ebd1ac8f44c2dfc5486b6d9a0379b ; affected 924a9bc362a5223cd448ca08c3dde21235adc310 < 3874892dd27d5387aa9a06f58d9060f18f351d24
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.12 ; unaffected 0 < 5.12 ; unaffected 6.1.191 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.160 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.105 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.45 ≤ 6.18.*

Sources

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CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
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