CVE-2026-45850

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.

CVSS 3.1

5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 5% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

Published

2026-05-27

Modified

2026-10-15

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• linux:linux_kernel

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05cfe9863ef049d98141dc2969eefde72fb07625
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0bf92a90bf05ecafe52e92d5bc15a585021a64ac
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54add3b7d3c154ca89ef5bac2582b0ed1a3a15d5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/768f665f3685b455ed686370ed7ccb852a125a3b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9aa7edc1347b98774e5167ca34e5b8aa6083bde7

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