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CVE-2026-45850

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipvs: skip ipv6 extension headers for csum checks Protocol checksum validation fails for IP…

Impact

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

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 2.6.28 before 5.10.259
from 5.11 before 5.15.210
from 5.16 before 6.1.176
from 6.2 before 6.6.143
from 6.7 before 6.12.94
from 6.13 before 6.18.36

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