VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-22988

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.14%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-01-23
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arp: do not assume dev_hard_header() does not change skb->head arp_create() is the only dev_hard_header() caller making assumption about skb->head being unchanged. A recent commit broke this assumption. Initialize @arp pointer after dev_hard_header() call.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Primary references