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CVE-2026-45850
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2026-05-27T14:16:56.970 · Last modified 2026-06-25T21:03:27.063

Summary

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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