{"cve":"CVE-2026-72296","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:22:02.160","modified":"2026-10-16T19:17:19.437","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: ife: require ETH_HLEN to be pullable in ife_decode()\n\nife decode may return after making only the outer IFE header and\nmetadata pullable. The caller then passes the decapsulated packet to\neth_type_trans(), which expects the inner Ethernet header to be\naccessible from the linear data area.\n\nWith a malformed IFE frame, the inner Ethernet header may still be\nshorter than ETH_HLEN in the linear area, which can lead to a crash in\nthe original code.\n\nFix this by extending the pull check in ife_decode() so that the inner\nEthernet header is also guaranteed to be pullable before returning.","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:N/A:H","score":9.1},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cb42ec10294a55380e52e674b3df2b962648242","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5526d1997aea6c9bd865ca4d4894b52e799d735c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70013f9163bef7fbd9fa62f81cf91b2a7ba66163","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c8818e52fddb247ff3214622401a4de6ff8482e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9406f6012b7343661efb516a11c62d4db2b62f75"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:48:17.459049833+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-72296","score":0.00735,"percentile":0.54152,"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."]}