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CVE-2026-22988
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2026-01-23T16:15:54.860 · Last modified 2026-06-17T10:20:39.573

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arp: do not assume dev_hard_header() does not change skb->head arp_create() is the only dev_hard_header() caller making assumption about skb->head being unchanged. A recent commit broke this assumption. Initialize @arp pointer after dev_hard_header() call.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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