# CVE-2026-99066: can: dev: init\_can\_skb(): restore skb header initialization

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-108732, GHSA-4QJ9-2GM5-PXQJ
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.2.11
- Published: 2026-10-23 · Updated: 2026-10-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 9f10374bb024593a611e6845847f0444841a231b, fixed in 8078375dfd0baecd9f1b7b06bb2d6f88d7cb8632; from 9f10374bb024593a611e6845847f0444841a231b, fixed in 0a04c0cb8606ff88399489d03ef255afe90d0d5f
- Linux: 7.0
- Kernel (Linux): from 7.0.0, fixed in 7.2.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: dev: init_can_skb(): restore skb header initialization Commit 9f10374bb024 ("can: remove private CAN skb headroom infrastructure") removed the skb_reset_mac_header()/skb_reset_network_header()/ skb_reset_transport_header() calls from init_can_skb(). As a result, RX skbs from alloc_can_skb() and friends again carry mac_header = 0xFFFF. When such an skb reaches packet_rcv_spkt() (SOCK_PACKET), the push length calculation overflows and triggers skb_under_panic -> kernel BUG -> full machine panic. The same issue was originally reported in 2014 on linux-can and fixed by commit 969439016d2c ("can: add missing initialisations in CAN related skbuffs"). packet_rcv_spkt() itself has never been hardened: only packet_rcv() and tpacket_rcv() gained dev_has_header() checks in commit d549699048b4 ("net/packet: fix packet receive on L3 devices without visible hard header").

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (7.2.11) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8078375dfd0baecd9f1b7b06bb2d6f88d7cb8632
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a04c0cb8606ff88399489d03ef255afe90d0d5f

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