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Critical 9.8Published Aug 15, 2026

CVE-2026-68476ipvs: reload ip header after head reallocation

Updated under an hour ago ()

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It affects Linux. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipvs: reload ip header after head reallocation __ip_vs_get_out_rt() calls skb_ensure_writable() which may reallocate skb->head.

CVSS
9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
Not given
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
Linux
NVD analysis
Received
Record last updated
Sep 2, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Linux Linux
linux:linux (from the name)
8d8e20e2d7bba8c50e64e0eca1cb83956f468e49 builds before 4f2d1151421520d7ae16ca8d367d0ca09f5dfbd7; from 8d8e20e2d7bba8c50e64e0eca1cb83956f468e49 before 657118cad620172dfd8f6ed5717fd75c0d1f7a5a; from 8d8e20e2d7bba8c50e64e0eca1cb83956f468e49 before a10f5080afbed242640f2984328de25f84557da1; from 8d8e20e2d7bba8c50e64e0eca1cb83956f468e49 before ac6ac3d35bfc0ade9d17d354c84e503a946ebdab; from 8d8e20e2d7bba8c50e64e0eca1cb83956f468e49 before e51687fc56c2e39ea6e9532925f1aabd4d529f61; 8d8e20e2d7bba8c50e64e0eca1cb83956f468e49 builds before 3fb7edd2018bb1ad0a68157383d9b9dac33dd645; from 8d8e20e2d7bba8c50e64e0eca1cb83956f468e49 before ad1e14710b360bda087ebf9fb82460eb5ef775de; from 8d8e20e2d7bba8c50e64e0eca1cb83956f468e49 before a2f57827bf7c695b8c72dc4511cae8e86582369d
CNA record

References

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