ip6_gre: make ip6gre_header() robust
Published Jan 13, 2026
6.2
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.13%
Description
Over the years, syzbot found many ways to crash the kernel in ip6gre_header() [1].
This involves team or bonding drivers ability to dynamically change their dev->needed_headroom and/or dev->hard_header_len
In this particular crash mld_newpack() allocated an skb with a too small reserve/headroom, and by the time mld_sendpack() was called, syzbot managed to attach an ip6gre device.
[1] skbuff: skb_under_panic: text:ffffffff8a1d69a8 len:136 put:40 head:ffff888059bc7000 data:ffff888059bc6fe8 tail:0x70 end:0x6c0 dev:team0 ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:213 ! <TASK> skb_under_panic net/core/skbuff.c:223 [inline] skb_push+0xc3/0xe0 net/core/skbuff.c:2641 ip6gre_header+0xc8/0x790 net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c:1371 dev_hard_header include/linux/netdevice.h:3436 [inline] neigh_connected_output+0x286/0x460 net/core/neighbour.c:1618 neigh_output include/net/neighbour.h:556 [inline] ip6_finish_output2+0xfb3/0x1480 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:136 __ip6_finish_output net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:-1 [inline] ip6_finish_output+0x234/0x7d0 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:220 NF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:307 [inline] ip6_output+0x340/0x550 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:247 NF_HOOK+0x9e/0x380 include/linux/netfilter.h:318 mld_sendpack+0x8d4/0xe60 net/ipv6/mcast.c:1855 mld_send_cr net/ipv6/mcast.c:2154 [inline] mld_ifc_work+0x83e/0xd60 net/ipv6/mcast.c:2693
Affected products
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- Version 3.7StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version 0StatusunaffectedConstraints<3.7
- Version 5.10.248StatusunaffectedConstraints<=5.10.*
- Version 5.15.198StatusunaffectedConstraints<=5.15.*
- Version 6.1.160StatusunaffectedConstraints<=6.1.*
- Version 6.12.64StatusunaffectedConstraints<=6.12.*
- Version 6.18.4StatusunaffectedConstraints<=6.18.*
- Version 6.19StatusunaffectedConstraints<=*
- Version 6.6.120StatusunaffectedConstraints<=6.6.*
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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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- ≥ 3.7.1 · < 5.10.248
- ≥ 5.11 · < 5.15.198
- ≥ 5.16 · < 6.1.160
- ≥ 6.2 · < 6.6.120
- ≥ 6.7 · < 6.12.64
- ≥ 6.13 · < 6.18.4
- 3.7
- 6.19
- 6.19
- 6.19
- 6.19
- 6.19
- 6.19
- 6.19
- 6.19
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
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Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
kernel
Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
kernel-rt
Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
kernel
Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
kernel-rt
Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
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Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
kernel-rt
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| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
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| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | kernel | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-rt | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | kernel | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | kernel-rt | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | kernel | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | kernel-rt | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
A local attacker can trigger a kernel BUG/panic in ip6gre_header() by causing an skb to have insufficient headroom and then forcing the GRE-over-IPv6 header build path (e.g., via team/bond feature-change side effects). This results in a reliable denial of service (system crash). The practical privilege requirement is typically CAP_NET_ADMIN (often reachable via namespaces depending on the system’s configuration).
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v2.0 score for this CVE.
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
PartialDecision
n/aAssessed Jun 10, 2026 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
Jan–Oct 2026- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (3 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
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| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.13% (0.00134) | 2.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.11% (0.00114) | 1.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 14, 2026 | 0.02% (0.00018) | 3.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
References (13)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-71098 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2429095 Issue Tracking
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1717357007db150c2d703f13f5695460e960f26c Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17e7386234f740f3e7d5e58a47b5847ea34c3bc2 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41a1a3140aff295dee8063906f70a514548105e8 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fe210533e3459197eabfdbf97327dacbdc04d60 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91a2b25be07ce1a7549ceebbe82017551d2eec92 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/adee129db814474f2f81207bd182bf343832a52e Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db5b4e39c4e63700c68a7e65fc4e1f1375273476 Patch
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026011344-CVE-2025-71098-ef6d@gregkh/T
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71098
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-71098
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