{"cve":"CVE-2026-22988","nvd":{"published":"2026-01-23T16:15:54.860","modified":"2026-06-17T10:20:39.573","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\narp: do not assume dev_hard_header() does not change skb->head\n\narp_create() is the only dev_hard_header() caller\nmaking assumption about skb->head being unchanged.\n\nA recent commit broke this assumption.\n\nInitialize @arp pointer after dev_hard_header() call.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/029935507d0af6553c45380fbf6feecf756fd226","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/393525dee5c39acff8d6705275d7fcaabcfb7f0a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70bddc16491ef4681f3569b3a2c80309a3edcdd1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/949647e7771a4a01963fe953a96d81fba7acecf3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c92510f5e3f82ba11c95991824a41e59a9c5ed81"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:21:16.563232421+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-22988","score":0.00143,"percentile":0.0363,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}