{"id":"CVE-2026-90078","summary":"net/sched: act_skbmod: fix length calculations and avoid invalid header warnings","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/sched: act_skbmod: fix length calculations and avoid invalid header warnings\n\nsyzbot reported a warning in skb_network_header_len() triggered\nby tcf_skbmod_act():\n\n  !skb_transport_header_was_set(skb)\n  WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 14949 at include/linux/skbuff.h:3243 skb_network_header_len include/linux/skbuff.h:3243 [inline]\n  WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 14949 at net/sched/act_skbmod.c:55 tcf_skbmod_act+0xfe8/0x1810 net/sched/act_skbmod.c:55\n\nThere are a few issues in tcf_skbmod_act():\n\n1. Calling skb_network_header_len() assumes skb-\u003etransport_header is set,\n   which is not guaranteed when tcf_skbmod_act() runs at TC ingress.\n2. Unconditionally calling skb_mac_header_len() at the beginning of\n   tcf_skbmod_act() triggers a warning on L3 devices (e.g. TUN) where the\n   MAC header is unset, evaluating to an underflowed garbage length.\n3. On TC ingress, skb-\u003edata points to the network header. Adding the MAC\n   header length to the IP header length causes skb_ensure_writable() to\n   request more bytes than the actual IP packet length, dropping valid\n   short packets (e.g. 28-byte UDP/IPv4 packets).\n\nFix these by:\n- Using skb_network_offset(skb) + sizeof(struct iphdr/ipv6hdr) for\n  SKBMOD_F_ECN so that the required length is correctly calculated on\n  both ingress (offset == 0) and egress (offset == mac_len).\n- Setting max_edit_len to ETH_HLEN for Ethernet header modifications\n  after validating ARPHRD_ETHER.","modified":"2026-09-19T03:47:23.936198818Z","published":"2026-09-17T16:05:56.878Z","database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"Linux","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/90xxx/CVE-2026-90078.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0675cff3c2924eb9b80d9dd250cf56a1140af157"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1719865b20b22c88d2a55e922eff5ca31b0841f6"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62126464f3a6159c0a3dd89e196ba65bfeb0afc6"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81d0d1e64f30d9989c829c0953cd6e6c68d9c5fb"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/985a37781ade19061400100c2ba0f43979dd4d63"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d896843d8d925f0adbba319020595cfb1a7bcd57"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8a2027b7e686784a69b2dfcee841d779919f313"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/90xxx/CVE-2026-90078.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90078"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"56af5e749f20c3a540310c207dcc373f4f09156e"},{"fixed":"985a37781ade19061400100c2ba0f43979dd4d63"},{"fixed":"d896843d8d925f0adbba319020595cfb1a7bcd57"},{"fixed":"0675cff3c2924eb9b80d9dd250cf56a1140af157"},{"fixed":"e8a2027b7e686784a69b2dfcee841d779919f313"},{"fixed":"1719865b20b22c88d2a55e922eff5ca31b0841f6"},{"fixed":"62126464f3a6159c0a3dd89e196ba65bfeb0afc6"},{"fixed":"81d0d1e64f30d9989c829c0953cd6e6c68d9c5fb"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-90078.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.15.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.221"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.188"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.157"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.110"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.13.0"},{"fixed":"6.18.52"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.19.0"},{"fixed":"7.2.6"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-90078.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}