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CVE-2026-68287

HIGH 7.5

drop_monitor: fix size calculations for 64-bit attributes

CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.5%
EPSS Percentile
41th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drop_monitor: fix size calculations for 64-bit attributes net_dm_packet_report_fill() and net_dm_hw_packet_report_fill() use nla_put_u64_64bit() to append 64-bit attributes (NET_DM_ATTR_PC and NET_DM_ATTR_TIMESTAMP). On 32-bit architectures without CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS, nla_put_u64_64bit() may append a 4-byte NET_DM_ATTR_PAD attribute for 64-bit alignment. However, net_dm_packet_report_size() and net_dm_hw_packet_report_size() used nla_total_size(sizeof(u64)) instead of nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(u64)), budgeting 12 bytes instead of up to 16 bytes. This under-estimation of SKB size can lead to an skb_over_panic() when __nla_reserve() or skb_put() is subsequently called. Fix this by using nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(u64)) in both size calculations.

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Product linux
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Published Aug 10, 2026
Last Updated Sep 21, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
ca30707dee2bc8bc81cfd8b4277fe90f7ca6df1f < 6048ed2dfb33426c8aef32f8d225ea91c66813db ca30707dee2bc8bc81cfd8b4277fe90f7ca6df1f < 925669d4cfd47a9019ab29b40676215bab5dae35 ca30707dee2bc8bc81cfd8b4277fe90f7ca6df1f < 4a9e30764e80693bcf875c776170edce20f94fe0 ca30707dee2bc8bc81cfd8b4277fe90f7ca6df1f < 7089f7ab99c89f443c92d8fcc585e63f2727f0b3
Linux / Linux
5.4

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6048ed2dfb33426c8aef32f8d225ea91c66813db git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/925669d4cfd47a9019ab29b40676215bab5dae35 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a9e30764e80693bcf875c776170edce20f94fe0 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7089f7ab99c89f443c92d8fcc585e63f2727f0b3