Linux Kernel up to 6.12.91/6.18.33/7.0.10 IPv6 IOAM ipv6_hop_ioam use after free

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.91/6.18.33/7.0.10. Affected by this vulnerability is the function ipv6_hop_ioam of the component IPv6 IOAM. This manipulation causes use after free. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-64132. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.91/6.18.33/7.0.10 and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function ipv6_hop_ioam of the component IPv6 IOAM. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: ioam: refresh hdr pointer before ioam6_event() Reported by Sashiko: In ipv6_hop_ioam(), the hdr pointer is initialized to point into the skb's linear data buffer. Later, the code calls skb_ensure_writable(), which might reallocate the buffer: if (skb_ensure_writable(skb, optoff + 2 + hdr->opt_len)) goto drop; /* Trace pointer may have changed */ trace = (struct ioam6_trace_hdr *)(skb_network_header(skb) + optoff + sizeof(*hdr)); ioam6_fill_trace_data(skb, ns, trace, true); ioam6_event(IOAM6_EVENT_TRACE, dev_net(skb->dev), GFP_ATOMIC, (void *)trace, hdr->opt_len - 2); If the skb is cloned or lacks sufficient linear headroom, skb_ensure_writable() will invoke pskb_expand_head(), which reallocates the skb's data buffer and frees the old one, invalidating pointers to it. While the code recalculates the trace pointer immediately after the call to skb_ensure_writable(), it fails to recalculate the hdr pointer. This patch fixes the above by recalculating the hdr pointer before passing hdr->opt_len to ioam6_event(), so that we avoid any UaF.

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-64132 since 07/19/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/19/2026).

Upgrading to version 6.12.92, 6.18.34 or 7.0.11 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

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• Kernel

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• 6.12.0
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License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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