CVE-2026-98240
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Kernel Panic via Buffer Overflow in Linux Kernel IP Tunnel
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-98240, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-10-06
Last updated on: 2026-10-06
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ip_tunnel: initialize `options_len` before referencing options
The following command triggers a kernel panic:
ip link add d0 type dummy; ip link set d0 up
ip route add 10.30.0.0/16 \
encap ip id 300 geneve_opts 4660:66:11223344 dev d0
memcpy: detected buffer overflow: 4 byte write of buffer size 0
kernel BUG at lib/string_helpers.c:1044!
...
ip_tun_parse_opts.part.0.cold+0x10/0x10
ip_tun_build_state+0x116/0x2a0
On kernels built with GCC 15+ and `CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE`, the fortified
`memcpy()` got 0 sized destination with request of 4 bytes length:
static int ip_tun_parse_opts_geneve(...)
{
...
attr = tb[LWTUNNEL_IP_OPT_GENEVE_DATA];
data_len = nla_len(attr); /* == 4 */
struct geneve_opt *opt = ip_tunnel_info_opts(info) + opts_len;
memcpy(opt->opt_data, nla_data(attr), data_len);
/* ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 0 since options_len is assigned afterwards */
Fixed by initializing the counter before the options are referenced.
Matching what `tunnel_key_opts_set()` already does.
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Meta Information
Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | bb5e62f2d547c4de6d1b144cbce2373a76c33f18 |
| Linux | Linux | bb5e62f2d547c4de6d1b144cbce2373a76c33f18 |
| Linux | Linux | bb5e62f2d547c4de6d1b144cbce2373a76c33f18 |
| Linux | Linux | 6.15 |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-UNKNOWN |
