GHSA-593P-5684-69PQ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-15 06:32 – Updated: 2026-08-19 18:32In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
macsec: don't read an unset MAC header in macsec_encrypt()
macsec_encrypt() reads the Ethernet header via eth_hdr(skb) (skb->head + skb->mac_header) to memmove() the 12 source/destination MAC bytes forward and make room for the SecTAG.
On the AF_PACKET SOCK_RAW + PACKET_QDISC_BYPASS transmit path the skb reaches the macsec ndo_start_xmit() with the MAC header unset, so eth_hdr(skb) resolves to skb->head + (u16)~0 and the read is out of bounds: a 12-byte heap over-read that is also emitted on the wire as the frame's outer source/destination MAC. KASAN reports a slab-out-of-bounds read in macsec_start_xmit() on 6.0; on current mainline a CONFIG_DEBUG_NET build flags it as an unset mac header in skb_mac_header().
On the TX path the L2 header is at skb->data, so use skb_eth_hdr(), added by commit 96cc4b69581d ("macvlan: do not assume mac_header is set in macvlan_broadcast()") for exactly this purpose.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-72019"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-08-15T06:21:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmacsec: don\u0027t read an unset MAC header in macsec_encrypt()\n\nmacsec_encrypt() reads the Ethernet header via eth_hdr(skb)\n(skb-\u003ehead + skb-\u003emac_header) to memmove() the 12 source/destination MAC\nbytes forward and make room for the SecTAG.\n\nOn the AF_PACKET SOCK_RAW + PACKET_QDISC_BYPASS transmit path the skb\nreaches the macsec ndo_start_xmit() with the MAC header unset, so\neth_hdr(skb) resolves to skb-\u003ehead + (u16)~0 and the read is out of\nbounds: a 12-byte heap over-read that is also emitted on the wire as the\nframe\u0027s outer source/destination MAC. KASAN reports a slab-out-of-bounds\nread in macsec_start_xmit() on 6.0; on current mainline a CONFIG_DEBUG_NET\nbuild flags it as an unset mac header in skb_mac_header().\n\nOn the TX path the L2 header is at skb-\u003edata, so use skb_eth_hdr(), added\nby commit 96cc4b69581d (\"macvlan: do not assume mac_header is set in\nmacvlan_broadcast()\") for exactly this purpose.",
"id": "GHSA-593p-5684-69pq",
"modified": "2026-08-19T18:32:27Z",
"published": "2026-08-15T06:32:09Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72019"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cf10d042562283ff4ae97c02d0993d4f1b5ea29"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6cec6187b8632423cd99a94fd5e5ba165fa2a33"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c39087ad0b97fc11a3b058dfc8db9fd370762cb9"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc9ffa1905e72f026d080880a2e4cfc42aa91000"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f21fa533a3ed15ada74106aac4b9ddd078fc6b7a"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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}
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