Linux Kernel up to 7.0.12 net bpf_xdp_adjust_tail frag_size buffer overflow

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Linux Kernel up to 7.0.12. Affected by this issue is the function bpf_xdp_adjust_tail of the component net. Executing a manipulation of the argument frag_size can lead to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-53216. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Linux Kernel up to 7.0.12. This vulnerability affects the function bpf_xdp_adjust_tail of the component net. The manipulation of the argument frag_size with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mvpp2: limit XDP frame size to the RX buffer mvpp2 has short and long BM pools, and short pool buffers can be smaller than PAGE_SIZE. The XDP path nevertheless initializes every xdp_buff with PAGE_SIZE as frame size. XDP helpers use frame_sz to validate tail growth and to derive the hard end of the data area. Advertising PAGE_SIZE for short buffers can let bpf_xdp_adjust_tail() grow a packet past the real allocation, corrupting memory or later tripping skb tailroom checks. Initialize the XDP buffer with bm_pool->frag_size so XDP tailroom matches the actual buffer backing the packet.

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-53216 since 06/09/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/25/2026).

Upgrading to version 5.15.210, 6.1.176, 6.6.143, 6.12.94, 6.18.36 or 7.0.13 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch a3ee9231ccec6ec3be2de89c56f897055fd9eab1/ec8e1e5842bc0dbd4c272761f4db3651eecd0339/3b8b0c3631b19faee53f0d15a49924129b063eec/994bd2b58d2bd08aa97ec0836cc813cfcb00d749/910617a4e67dbdd5fdb39d9dc6a51e491e1b2c3e/9545cc5ef18ca22d031f2f47c157192460652359/f3c6aa078927e6fe8121c9c591ddee8716c5305a is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.15.209
• 6.1.175
• 6.6.142
• 6.12.0
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License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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