CVE-2026-22988 (GCVE-0-2026-22988)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-23 15:24 – Updated: 2026-01-23 15:24
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Title
arp: do not assume dev_hard_header() does not change skb->head
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arp: do not assume dev_hard_header() does not change skb->head arp_create() is the only dev_hard_header() caller making assumption about skb->head being unchanged. A recent commit broke this assumption. Initialize @arp pointer after dev_hard_header() call.
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Linux Linux Affected: 17e7386234f740f3e7d5e58a47b5847ea34c3bc2 , < e432dbff342b95fe44645f9a90fcf333c80f4b5e (git)
Affected: 41a1a3140aff295dee8063906f70a514548105e8 , < 393525dee5c39acff8d6705275d7fcaabcfb7f0a (git)
Affected: adee129db814474f2f81207bd182bf343832a52e , < 70bddc16491ef4681f3569b3a2c80309a3edcdd1 (git)
Affected: 1717357007db150c2d703f13f5695460e960f26c , < 029935507d0af6553c45380fbf6feecf756fd226 (git)
Affected: 5fe210533e3459197eabfdbf97327dacbdc04d60 , < dd6ccec088adff4bdf33e2b2dd102df20a7128fa (git)
Affected: 91a2b25be07ce1a7549ceebbe82017551d2eec92 , < 949647e7771a4a01963fe953a96d81fba7acecf3 (git)
Affected: db5b4e39c4e63700c68a7e65fc4e1f1375273476 , < c92510f5e3f82ba11c95991824a41e59a9c5ed81 (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 6.19-rc4
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.19-rc4 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.161 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.121 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.66 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.6 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19-rc5 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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