{"cve":"CVE-2026-46244","nvd":{"published":"2026-06-03T18:16:24.430","modified":"2026-10-19T20:18:39.337","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: nft_inner: Fix IPv6 inner_thoff desync\n\nIn nft_inner_parse_l2l3(), when processing inner IPv6 packets,\nipv6_find_hdr() correctly computes the transport header offset\ntraversing all extension headers, but the result is immediately\noverwritten with nhoff + sizeof(_ip6h) (40 bytes), which only\naccounts for the IPv6 base header. This creates a desync between\ninner_thoff (wrong — points to extension header start) and l4proto\n(correct — e.g., IPPROTO_TCP), enabling transport header forgery\nand potential firewall bypass. This issue affects stable versions\nfrom Linux 6.2.\n\nFor comparison, the normal (non-inner) IPv6 path correctly\npreserves ipv6_find_hdr()'s result. Removing the incorrect overwrite\nensures that ipv6_find_hdr()'s calculated transport header offset is\npreserved, thereby fixing the desynchronization.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","score":9.1},"cwes":["CWE-682","CWE-823"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/689bbf48c1f45130086ae1c46ab83ea4c753c601","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/870d59e2cf218e7418491e26bad768cb16654582","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6a91f68ebfed9c38e0e9150f58a9b85da07181c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c161ad9157f5a0429b5ff94d9770faf3bf48d273","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0f98a3617f6ae5b1e95cde1e68e7ead4a1279ce"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-46244","score":0.00418,"percentile":0.35783,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}