High severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-81000
net: tun: bound receive headroom
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: tun: bound receive headroom
tun_get_user() uses tun->align both as skb headroom and when choosing how
much packet data to keep linear. OVS can propagate an oversized headroom
request from another port to TUN or TAP.
When align is larger than the usable space in a one-page skb head,
SKB_MAX_HEAD(align) underflows and the result becomes negative when stored
in good_linear. That value later wraps when assigned to the size_t linear
variable, and tun_alloc_skb() can place skb->data outside the allocated
head.
Bound the headroom stored by TUN to the one-page skb-head budget and the
largest non-sentinel 16-bit skb header offset. Leave one linear byte for
raw TUN and a complete Ethernet header for TAP, including NET_IP_ALIGN.
Also pull the raw-TUN protocol byte and the TAP Ethernet header before
accessing them, so these checks remain safe for nonlinear skbs supplied by
other allocation paths.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
eaea34b23c46bf17b4a5638be69ab3561854f34b before ad715e713610d2d5473c3a6498c825ccecf26491; eaea34b23c46bf17b4a5638be69ab3561854f34b before 708e87937de93f445225c134a2e20519f9b4ce60; eaea34b23c46bf17b4a5638be69ab3561854f34b before 18ef24cdb2eba32e38f1d27f2d02b7b4212e8f76; eaea34b23c46bf17b4a5638be69ab3561854f34b before 010eee265d6bd8769b6a523d2a0693d9b3f5df43; eaea34b23c46bf17b4a5638be69ab3561854f34b before 379d85c7f25f3e05a428225e6b8a65613c6e9b9d; eaea34b23c46bf17b4a5638be69ab3561854f34b before e098d9cc8859614a7f7baebc96e32a5a16b18ed2; +3 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81000
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-81000
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/010eee265d6bd8769b6a523d2a0693d9b3f5df43
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ada54ea63e48b9c1608e917ccb7dfadbe86db28
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18ef24cdb2eba32e38f1d27f2d02b7b4212e8f76
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/379d85c7f25f3e05a428225e6b8a65613c6e9b9d
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/447c9303942c439a117d9b76ce6d6e2116b38ee7
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/708e87937de93f445225c134a2e20519f9b4ce60
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