CVE-2026-63924
Critical
ipv6: exthdrs: refresh nh pointer after ipv6_hop_jumbo()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: exthdrs: refresh nh pointer after ipv6_hop_jumbo() ipv6_hop_jumbo() calls pskb_trim_rcsum(), which can change skb pointers. Let's recompute nh pointer to make sure any change won't mess things up.
Exploit probability
0.7%
Published
July 19, 2026
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 14, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
1833 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2026-63924
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: exthdrs: refresh nh pointer after ipv6_hop_jumbo() ipv6_hop_jumbo() calls pskb_trim_rcsum(), which can change skb pointers. Let's recompute nh pointer to make sure any change won't mess things up.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b56bbd928c030894c270cd33d60286326919458
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/645b99b1a185c91a79bdac4c5de0f91b212d64f0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72af7beae774e46ed543f3f2f267bf0a141bfcdd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e883eaa878f4337b5873c706efb5a192364ed18
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3ac54e5c905f86d22b502eacb5686a282c5659f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bddaa4dfc7f36e1ee343a0622f69288af2b9ace9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c512e1c819dfbf6ae95ee7a44b65b9ad98979157
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d47548a36639095939f4747d4c43f2271366f565
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/63xxx/CVE-2026-63924.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63924