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CVE-2026-53221 CRITICAL

Published: 2026-06-25 | Last Modified: 2026-07-02 | Status: Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ip6_vti: fix incorrect tunnel matching in vti6_tnl_lookup() In vti6_tnl_lookup(), when an exact match for a tunnel fails, the code falls back to searching for wildcard tunnels: - Tunnels matching the packet's local address, with any remote address wildcard remote). - Tunnels matching the packet's remote address, with any local address (wildcard local). However, vti6 stores all these different types of tunnels in the same hash table (ip6n->tnls_r_l) prone to hash collisions. The bug is that the fallback search loops in vti6_tnl_lookup() were missing checks to ensure that the candidate tunnel actually has a wildcard address.

CVSS Metrics

Base Score: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

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

Attack VectorNETWORK
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
Confidentiality ImpactHIGH
Integrity ImpactHIGH
Availability ImpactHIGH

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Type: Secondary

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Impact Score: 5.9

Weaknesses

Source Type Description
[email protected] Primary
en NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

Vendor Product Version Update Type
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd37039a540> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd37039b240> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd36b3f9cc0> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd36b3f9780> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd370399880> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd37039ae80> Operating System
linux linux_kernel * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd319c772c0> Operating System
linux linux_kernel 7.1 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd36b3f90c0> Operating System
linux linux_kernel 7.1 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd37039ba00> Operating System
linux linux_kernel 7.1 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd3703992c0> Operating System
linux linux_kernel 7.1 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd36be61cc0> Operating System
linux linux_kernel 7.1 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd2d8149c80> Operating System
linux linux_kernel 7.1 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd3420ba340> Operating System
linux linux_kernel 7.1 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x7fd39c444340> Operating System

Affected Configurations

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*

References