CVE-2026-45850

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-45850
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-45850.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-45850
Downstream
Published
2026-05-27T12:15:21.389Z
Modified
2026-05-29T04:02:49.605551881Z
Summary
ipvs: skip ipv6 extension headers for csum checks
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ipvs: skip ipv6 extension headers for csum checks

Protocol checksum validation fails for IPv6 if there are extension headers before the protocol header. iph->len already contains its offset, so use it to fix the problem.

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/45xxx/CVE-2026-45850.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0bbdd42b7efa66685b6d74701bcde3a596a3a59d
Fixed
a3ca27762ce8476b4fbf9b2a8f5cb74c38e483e4
Fixed
05cfe9863ef049d98141dc2969eefde72fb07625

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-45850.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.6.28
Fixed
6.19.4

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-45850.json"