Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
af_packet: Don't send zero-byte data in tpacket_snd().
syzbot reported a WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit() triggered via tpacket_snd():
skb_assert_len
WARNING: at include/linux/skbuff.h:2753 skb_assert_len
WARNING: at __dev_queue_xmit+0x21bc/0x4970 net/core/dev.c:4781
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3448 [inline]
packet_xmit+0x243/0x310 net/packet/af_packet.c:276
tpacket_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:2907 [inline]
packet_sendmsg+0x28d6/0x4eb0 net/packet/af_packet.c:3134
When sending 0-byte packets via TPACKET ring buffer on devices with no
hard header (e.g. dev->hard_header_len == 0), tpacket_fill_skb()
populates an skb with skb->len == 0 and returns 0. tpacket_snd() then
forwards this empty skb to packet_xmit(), causing __dev_queue_xmit() to
hit skb_assert_len(skb).
Similar checks exist in packet_snd() via commit dc633700f00f
("net/af_packet: check len when min_header_len equals to 0") and in
packet_sendmsg_spkt() via commit 6a341729fb31 ("af_packet: Don't send
zero-byte data in packet_sendmsg_spkt().").
Return -EINVAL in tpacket_fill_skb() when skb->len is zero to reject
zero-length packets in tpacket_snd().
af_packet: Don't send zero-byte data in tpacket_snd().
syzbot reported a WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit() triggered via tpacket_snd():
skb_assert_len
WARNING: at include/linux/skbuff.h:2753 skb_assert_len
WARNING: at __dev_queue_xmit+0x21bc/0x4970 net/core/dev.c:4781
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3448 [inline]
packet_xmit+0x243/0x310 net/packet/af_packet.c:276
tpacket_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:2907 [inline]
packet_sendmsg+0x28d6/0x4eb0 net/packet/af_packet.c:3134
When sending 0-byte packets via TPACKET ring buffer on devices with no
hard header (e.g. dev->hard_header_len == 0), tpacket_fill_skb()
populates an skb with skb->len == 0 and returns 0. tpacket_snd() then
forwards this empty skb to packet_xmit(), causing __dev_queue_xmit() to
hit skb_assert_len(skb).
Similar checks exist in packet_snd() via commit dc633700f00f
("net/af_packet: check len when min_header_len equals to 0") and in
packet_sendmsg_spkt() via commit 6a341729fb31 ("af_packet: Don't send
zero-byte data in packet_sendmsg_spkt().").
Return -EINVAL in tpacket_fill_skb() when skb->len is zero to reject
zero-length packets in tpacket_snd().
Published:
2026-09-03
Score:
n/a
EPSS:
< 1% Very Low
KEV:
No
Impact:
n/a
Action:
n/a
Analysis
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History
Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-398 CWE-647 |
Thu, 03 Sep 2026 07:30:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_packet: Don't send zero-byte data in tpacket_snd(). syzbot reported a WARNING in __dev_queue_xmit() triggered via tpacket_snd(): skb_assert_len WARNING: at include/linux/skbuff.h:2753 skb_assert_len WARNING: at __dev_queue_xmit+0x21bc/0x4970 net/core/dev.c:4781 Call Trace: <TASK> dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3448 [inline] packet_xmit+0x243/0x310 net/packet/af_packet.c:276 tpacket_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:2907 [inline] packet_sendmsg+0x28d6/0x4eb0 net/packet/af_packet.c:3134 When sending 0-byte packets via TPACKET ring buffer on devices with no hard header (e.g. dev->hard_header_len == 0), tpacket_fill_skb() populates an skb with skb->len == 0 and returns 0. tpacket_snd() then forwards this empty skb to packet_xmit(), causing __dev_queue_xmit() to hit skb_assert_len(skb). Similar checks exist in packet_snd() via commit dc633700f00f ("net/af_packet: check len when min_header_len equals to 0") and in packet_sendmsg_spkt() via commit 6a341729fb31 ("af_packet: Don't send zero-byte data in packet_sendmsg_spkt()."). Return -EINVAL in tpacket_fill_skb() when skb->len is zero to reject zero-length packets in tpacket_snd(). | |
| Title | af_packet: Don't send zero-byte data in tpacket_snd(). | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-03T08:26:25.920Z
Reserved: 2026-08-26T14:34:25.790Z
Link: CVE-2026-80742
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-03T13:06:13.437
Modified: 2026-09-03T13:06:13.437
Link: CVE-2026-80742
Redhat
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-09-03T17:00:06Z