In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ipv6: ensure sane device mtu in tunnels

Another syzbot report [1] with no reproducer hints
at a bug in ip6_gre tunnel (dev:ip6gretap0)

Since ipv6 mcast code makes sure to read dev->mtu once
and applies a sanity check on it (see commit b9b312a7a451
"ipv6: mcast: better catch silly mtu values"), a remaining
possibility is that a layer is able to set dev->mtu to
an underflowed value (high order bit set).

This could happen indeed in ip6gre_tnl_link_config_route(),
ip6_tnl_link_config() and ipip6_tunnel_bind_dev()

Make sure to sanitize mtu value in a local variable before
it is written once on dev->mtu, as lockless readers could
catch wrong temporary value.

[1]
skbuff: skb_over_panic: text:ffff80000b7a2f38 len:40 put:40 head:ffff000149dcf200 data:ffff000149dcf2b0 tail:0xd8 end:0xc0 dev:ip6gretap0
------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:120
Internal error: Oops - BUG: 00000000f2000800 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 PID: 10241 Comm: kworker/1:1 Not tainted 6.0.0-rc7-syzkaller-18095-gbbed346d5a96 #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/30/2022
Workqueue: mld mld_ifc_work
pstate: 60400005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : skb_panic+0x4c/0x50 net/core/skbuff.c:116
lr : skb_panic+0x4c/0x50 net/core/skbuff.c:116
sp : ffff800020dd3b60
x29: ffff800020dd3b70 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: ffff00010df2a800
x26: 00000000000000c0 x25: 00000000000000b0 x24: ffff000149dcf200
x23: 00000000000000c0 x22: 00000000000000d8 x21: ffff80000b7a2f38
x20: ffff00014c2f7800 x19: 0000000000000028 x18: 00000000000001a9
x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffff80000db49158 x15: ffff000113bf1a80
x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 00000000ffffffff x12: ffff000113bf1a80
x11: ff808000081c0d5c x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 73f125dc5c63ba00
x8 : 73f125dc5c63ba00 x7 : ffff800008161d1c x6 : 0000000000000000
x5 : 0000000000000080 x4 : 0000000000000001 x3 : 0000000000000000
x2 : ffff0001fefddcd0 x1 : 0000000100000000 x0 : 0000000000000089
Call trace:
skb_panic+0x4c/0x50 net/core/skbuff.c:116
skb_over_panic net/core/skbuff.c:125 [inline]
skb_put+0xd4/0xdc net/core/skbuff.c:2049
ip6_mc_hdr net/ipv6/mcast.c:1714 [inline]
mld_newpack+0x14c/0x270 net/ipv6/mcast.c:1765
add_grhead net/ipv6/mcast.c:1851 [inline]
add_grec+0xa20/0xae0 net/ipv6/mcast.c:1989
mld_send_cr+0x438/0x5a8 net/ipv6/mcast.c:2115
mld_ifc_work+0x38/0x290 net/ipv6/mcast.c:2653
process_one_work+0x2d8/0x504 kernel/workqueue.c:2289
worker_thread+0x340/0x610 kernel/workqueue.c:2436
kthread+0x12c/0x158 kernel/kthread.c:376
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:860
Code: 91011400 aa0803e1 a90027ea 94373093 (d4210000)

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00035.

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

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Linux Linux unaffected
Version Status Constraints
c12b395a46646bab69089ce7016ac78177f6001f affected < 2bab6fa449d16af36d9c9518865f783a15f446c7
c12b395a46646bab69089ce7016ac78177f6001f affected < 78297d513157a31fd629626fe4cbb85a7dcbb94a
c12b395a46646bab69089ce7016ac78177f6001f affected < af51fc23a03f02b0c6df09ab0d60f23794436052
c12b395a46646bab69089ce7016ac78177f6001f affected < 44affe7ede596f078c4f2f41e0d160266ccda818
c12b395a46646bab69089ce7016ac78177f6001f affected < ad3f1d9bf162c487d23df684852597961b745cae
c12b395a46646bab69089ce7016ac78177f6001f affected < ccd94bd4939690e24d13e23814bce7ed853a09f3
c12b395a46646bab69089ce7016ac78177f6001f affected < d89d7ff01235f218dad37de84457717f699dee79
Linux Linux affected
Version Status Constraints
3.7 affected —
0 unaffected < 3.7
4.14.305 unaffected ≤ 4.14.*
4.19.272 unaffected ≤ 4.19.*
5.4.231 unaffected ≤ 5.4.*
5.10.153 unaffected ≤ 5.10.*
5.15.77 unaffected ≤ 5.15.*
6.0.7 unaffected ≤ 6.0.*
6.1 unaffected ≤ *

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Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:15:00 +0000

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{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

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Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:30:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: ensure sane device mtu in tunnels Another syzbot report [1] with no reproducer hints at a bug in ip6_gre tunnel (dev:ip6gretap0) Since ipv6 mcast code makes sure to read dev->mtu once and applies a sanity check on it (see commit b9b312a7a451 "ipv6: mcast: better catch silly mtu values"), a remaining possibility is that a layer is able to set dev->mtu to an underflowed value (high order bit set). This could happen indeed in ip6gre_tnl_link_config_route(), ip6_tnl_link_config() and ipip6_tunnel_bind_dev() Make sure to sanitize mtu value in a local variable before it is written once on dev->mtu, as lockless readers could catch wrong temporary value. [1] skbuff: skb_over_panic: text:ffff80000b7a2f38 len:40 put:40 head:ffff000149dcf200 data:ffff000149dcf2b0 tail:0xd8 end:0xc0 dev:ip6gretap0 ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:120 Internal error: Oops - BUG: 00000000f2000800 [#1] PREEMPT SMP Modules linked in: CPU: 1 PID: 10241 Comm: kworker/1:1 Not tainted 6.0.0-rc7-syzkaller-18095-gbbed346d5a96 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/30/2022 Workqueue: mld mld_ifc_work pstate: 60400005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : skb_panic+0x4c/0x50 net/core/skbuff.c:116 lr : skb_panic+0x4c/0x50 net/core/skbuff.c:116 sp : ffff800020dd3b60 x29: ffff800020dd3b70 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: ffff00010df2a800 x26: 00000000000000c0 x25: 00000000000000b0 x24: ffff000149dcf200 x23: 00000000000000c0 x22: 00000000000000d8 x21: ffff80000b7a2f38 x20: ffff00014c2f7800 x19: 0000000000000028 x18: 00000000000001a9 x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffff80000db49158 x15: ffff000113bf1a80 x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 00000000ffffffff x12: ffff000113bf1a80 x11: ff808000081c0d5c x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 73f125dc5c63ba00 x8 : 73f125dc5c63ba00 x7 : ffff800008161d1c x6 : 0000000000000000 x5 : 0000000000000080 x4 : 0000000000000001 x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : ffff0001fefddcd0 x1 : 0000000100000000 x0 : 0000000000000089 Call trace: skb_panic+0x4c/0x50 net/core/skbuff.c:116 skb_over_panic net/core/skbuff.c:125 [inline] skb_put+0xd4/0xdc net/core/skbuff.c:2049 ip6_mc_hdr net/ipv6/mcast.c:1714 [inline] mld_newpack+0x14c/0x270 net/ipv6/mcast.c:1765 add_grhead net/ipv6/mcast.c:1851 [inline] add_grec+0xa20/0xae0 net/ipv6/mcast.c:1989 mld_send_cr+0x438/0x5a8 net/ipv6/mcast.c:2115 mld_ifc_work+0x38/0x290 net/ipv6/mcast.c:2653 process_one_work+0x2d8/0x504 kernel/workqueue.c:2289 worker_thread+0x340/0x610 kernel/workqueue.c:2436 kthread+0x12c/0x158 kernel/kthread.c:376 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:860 Code: 91011400 aa0803e1 a90027ea 94373093 (d4210000)
Title ipv6: ensure sane device mtu in tunnels
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-30T12:08:32.215Z

Reserved: 2025-12-30T12:06:07.130Z

Link: CVE-2022-50816

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-30T13:15:55.963

Modified: 2025-12-31T20:43:05.160

Link: CVE-2022-50816

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-12-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-50816 - Bugzilla

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