CVE-2026-22988 — arp: do not assume dev_hard_header() does not change skb->head
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() c…
Published: 2026-01-23 · CVSS: 7.8 · CVSS 3.1
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7