CVE-2026-53131
netfilter: require Ethernet MAC header before using eth_hdr()
Vexday Risk Score
3Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS —EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
25 Jun 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: require Ethernet MAC header before using eth_hdr()
`ip6t_eui64`, `xt_mac`, the `bitmap:ip,mac`, `hash:ip,mac`, and
`hash:mac` ipset types, and `nf_log_syslog` access `eth_hdr(skb)`
after either assuming that the skb is associated with an Ethernet
device or checking only that the `ETH_HLEN` bytes at
`skb_mac_header(skb)` lie between `skb->head` and `skb->data`.
Make these paths first verify that the skb is associated with an
Ethernet device, that the MAC header was set, and that it spans at
least a full Ethernet header before accessing `eth_hdr(skb)`.
Affected products
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Talk to TrueHacking →References
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/063f43361e884acd7300790e90194430275d0d0chttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/367abcacc13a8e2e7624408b7f593bd1e60e49d9https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4435888e1bf139d2bfe5911643d4217382136743https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d634afb8b83b49de562792fd0d047416a43bd4dhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62443dc21114c0bbc476fa62973db89743f2f137https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/726abf97566867f808fec9d8a408eb9698bd570ahttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cea435ea7e868ea6fdf039bc4f2090c1d829b556