CVE-2026-53228

medium Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.2%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 92% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: June 25, 2026 (14 days ago)
Last Modified: June 25, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Simple Internet Transition (SIT) tunnel driver for IPv6. When processing network traffic with Generic Segmentation Offload (GSO) enabled, the driver may use a stale pointer to the inner IPv6 header after the socket buffer (skb) head has been reallocated. This can lead to reading from freed memory, potentially allowing an attacker to cause a denial of service or gain access to sensitive information.

CWE

CWE-825

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 lore.kernel.org