# CVE-2021-47293: net/sched: act\_skbmod: Skip non-Ethernet packets

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-21 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.9

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: act_skbmod: Skip non-Ethernet packets Currently tcf_skbmod_act() assumes that packets use Ethernet as their L2 protocol, which is not always the case. As an example, for CAN devices: $ ip link add dev vcan0 type vcan $ ip link set up vcan0 $ tc qdisc add dev vcan0 root handle 1: htb $ tc filter add dev vcan0 parent 1: protocol ip prio 10 \ matchall action skbmod swap mac Doing the above silently corrupts all the packets. Do not perform skbmod actions for non-Ethernet packets.

## What to do

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4fdca366806f6bab374d1a95e626a10a3854b0c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a88414fb1117f2fe65fb88e45ba694e1d09d5024
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/071729150be9e1d1b851b70efb6d91ee9269d57b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34f1e1f657fae2891b485a3b2b95fe4d2aef9f0d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/727d6a8b7ef3d25080fad228b2c4a1d4da5999c6

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