CVE-2026-74743
highCVSS 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
0.5%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 58% 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: August 26, 2026 (11 days ago)
Last Modified: August 26, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT
Vulnerability Report
Generated by CyberWatcher
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
macvlan: inherit needed_headroom and needed_tailroom from lowerdev
macvlan devices inherit hard_header_len from lowerdev during macvlan_init(),
but leave needed_headroom and needed_tailroom set to 0.
When the underlying lowerdev requires extra headroom or tailroom for
headers/trailers (e.g. macsec, ipsec, wireguard, tunnels, or veth with rx
headroom), upper layers calculating packet headroom and tailroom fail to
reserve sufficient space.
This can result in reallocation overhead, skb headroom underflows, or KASAN
slab-use-after-free crashes when dev_hard_header() / macvlan_hard_header()
prepends header data or when lower devices append tailroom.
Fix this by:
1. Inheriting needed_headroom and needed_tailroom from lowerdev in macvlan_init().
2. Propagating needed_headroom and needed_tailroom updates to attached macvlans
in macvlan_device_event() when receiving NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE events.
CWE
CWE-124Affected Products
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9