# CVE-2026-98531: ipv6: sr: enforce exact attribute length for SEG6\_ATTR\_DST

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.112, and 2 more
- Published: 2026-10-18 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 915d7e5e5930b4f01d0971d93b9b25ed17d221aa, fixed in 050a0aa3c80907b8c60a396b7e04d48d8b1a9e70; from 915d7e5e5930b4f01d0971d93b9b25ed17d221aa, fixed in 209eefebee54c4a5f01d68b61e8ac9881eca2de9; from 915d7e5e5930b4f01d0971d93b9b25ed17d221aa, fixed in e3ac68c1cdc2535d127b2bfd50c263d16c8e4199; from 915d7e5e5930b4f01d0971d93b9b25ed17d221aa, fixed in 66bf65fa109326e4c4ddeb0b94093379f72838fd; from 915d7e5e5930b4f01d0971d93b9b25ed17d221aa, fixed in 195813bb7324c338eaba0aaa02b18681ee65b670; from 915d7e5e5930b4f01d0971d93b9b25ed17d221aa, fixed in 6fcfc362344edea745a69f3a705de50b731f3418; from 915d7e5e5930b4f01d0971d93b9b25ed17d221aa, fixed in 94214cf0a08dd2c5f37aeeea46078d9dfe8e4a0e; from 915d7e5e5930b4f01d0971d93b9b25ed17d221aa, fixed in 2d959c75c27f90e9ec489d18ce5ee6b852ad4741
- Linux: 4.10
- Kernel (Linux): from 4.10.0, fixed in 5.10.271; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.222; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.189; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.158; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.112; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.55; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.9

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: sr: enforce exact attribute length for SEG6_ATTR_DST In seg6_genl_policy, SEG6_ATTR_DST is defined with .type = NLA_BINARY and .len = sizeof(struct in6_addr). For NLA_BINARY, .len only enforces the maximum payload length and permits shorter payloads (e.g., 0 bytes). When seg6_genl_set_tunsrc() copies sizeof(struct in6_addr) bytes via kmemdup(val, sizeof(*val), GFP_KERNEL), a short SEG6_ATTR_DST attribute triggers a 16-byte out-of-bounds read past skb->tail into uninitialized skb->head memory, which is stored in sdata->tun_src and leaked back to userspace via SEG6_CMD_GET_TUNSRC. Switch SEG6_ATTR_DST in seg6_genl_policy to NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN(sizeof(struct in6_addr)) so that generic netlink validation rejects any attribute whose length is not exactly sizeof(struct in6_addr) with -ERANGE. Tested in QEMU against Linux 7.3.0-rc3 by sending a SEG6_CMD_SET_TUNSRC Generic Netlink message with a 0-byte SEG6_ATTR_DST attribute followed by SEG6_CMD_GET_TUNSRC. On the unfixed kernel, SEG6_CMD_SET_TUNSRC succeeds (err = 0) and SEG6_CMD_GET_TUNSRC leaks 16 bytes of uninitialized kernel heap memory (tun_src = 836a61ecc4d25a1042a8d60411cfb378); with this patch applied, SEG6_CMD_SET_TUNSRC is rejected by netlink policy validation with -ERANGE (-34) and tun_src remains zeroed.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.112) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/050a0aa3c80907b8c60a396b7e04d48d8b1a9e70
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/209eefebee54c4a5f01d68b61e8ac9881eca2de9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3ac68c1cdc2535d127b2bfd50c263d16c8e4199
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66bf65fa109326e4c4ddeb0b94093379f72838fd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/195813bb7324c338eaba0aaa02b18681ee65b670
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fcfc362344edea745a69f3a705de50b731f3418
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94214cf0a08dd2c5f37aeeea46078d9dfe8e4a0e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d959c75c27f90e9ec489d18ce5ee6b852ad4741

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