CVE-2024-50256EPSS p41.5%
CVE-2024-50256CVE-2024-50256
linux / linux_kernel
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: nf_reject_ipv6: fix potential crash in nf_send_reset6()
I got a syzbot report without a repro [1] crashing in nf_send_reset6()
I think the issue is that dev->hard_header_len is zero, and we attempt
later to push an Ethernet header.
Use LL_MAX_HEADER, as other functions in net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv6.c.
[1]
skbuff: skb_under_panic: text:ffffffff89b1d008 len:74 put:14 head:ffff88803123aa00 data:ffff88803123a9f2 tail:0x3c end:0x140 dev:syz_tun
kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:206 !
Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 7373 Comm: syz.1.568 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc2-syzkaller-00631-g6d858708d465 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024
RIP: 0010:skb_panic net/core/skbuff.c:206 [inline]
RIP: 0010:skb_under_panic+0x14b/0x150 net/core/skbuff.c:216
Code: 0d 8d 48 c7 c6 60 a6 29 8e 48 8b 54 24 08 8b 0c 24 44 8b 44 24 04
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.52% probability of exploitation · percentile 41.5% · 2026-08-05T12:04:55Z |
| Last modified | 2026-08-04 |