CVE-2026-89555

Public on 2026-09-11
Modified on 2026-09-15
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mpls: reload header after pskb_may_pull()

mpls_select_multipath() calls mpls_multipath_hash() to choose a nexthop
when an MPLS route has multiple nexthops. While walking the MPLS label
stack, the hash routine caches hdr for the current label. After finding
the bottom-of-stack label, it calls pskb_may_pull() before reading the
inner IP header.

If an skb is constructed with the inner IP header in nonlinear data and
insufficient tailroom in the linear head, pskb_may_pull() calls
pskb_expand_head() to replace the skb head and free the old one. This
leaves hdr pointing to freed memory. The IPv6 path can invalidate hdr
again when it performs a second pull for the larger header.

The issue was found through static analysis. A reproducer sending a legal
Geneve packet through a bareudp/MPLS multipath setup triggered the same
KASAN report in 2 of 2 unpatched runs:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in mpls_select_multipath
Read of size 1 at addr ffff88800ecc6e20 by task ksoftirqd/1/23

Call Trace:
mpls_select_multipath
mpls_forward
__netif_receive_skb_list_core
netif_receive_skb_list_internal
napi_complete_done
gro_cell_poll
__napi_poll
net_rx_action

Freed by task 23:
kfree
pskb_expand_head
__pskb_pull_tail
mpls_select_multipath

Reload hdr from the current skb head after each successful pull before
deriving the inner IPv4 or IPv6 header pointer.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.9
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra kernel Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 Extra kernel Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel6.12 Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel6.18 Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview kernel7.1 Pending Fix

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H