CVE-2024-56636
CVE-2024-56636CVE-2024-56636
linux / linux_kernel
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
geneve: do not assume mac header is set in geneve_xmit_skb()
We should not assume mac header is set in output path.
Use skb_eth_hdr() instead of eth_hdr() to fix the issue.
sysbot reported the following :
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 11635 at include/linux/skbuff.h:3052 skb_mac_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3052 [inline]
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 11635 at include/linux/skbuff.h:3052 eth_hdr include/linux/if_ether.h:24 [inline]
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 11635 at include/linux/skbuff.h:3052 geneve_xmit_skb drivers/net/geneve.c:898 [inline]
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 11635 at include/linux/skbuff.h:3052 geneve_xmit+0x4c38/0x5730 drivers/net/geneve.c:1039
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 11635 Comm: syz.4.1423 Not tainted 6.12.0-syzkaller-10296-gaaf20f870da0 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024
RIP: 0010:skb_mac_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3052 [inline]
RIP: 0010:eth_hdr in
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.5 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Last modified | 2026-11-05 |