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critical 9.8

CVE-2026-68476 in the critical feed json

ipvs: reload ip header after head reallocation

published 2026-08-15 2 mo ago modified 2026-09-02 2 mo ago also EUVD-2026-59098

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ipvs: reload ip header after head reallocation

__ip_vs_get_out_rt() calls skb_ensure_writable() which may reallocate skb->head.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 5.10.269, 5.15.220, 6.1.187, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.187-1
  • linux Debian 13 6.12.100-1
  • linux Debian 14 7.1.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68476

  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-202.212
  • linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-147.147
  • linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-34.34
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1119.126
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1067.70
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1013.13
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1120.130
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1071.79

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68476

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  • kernel AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8
  • rv AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8
  • perf AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8
  • rtla AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8
  • libperf AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8
  • kernel-rt AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8
  • kernel-64k AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8
  • kernel-core AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:90365ALSA-2026:89082ALSA-2026:89083ALSA-2026:76738

  • kernel Rocky Linux 9 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8.cloud.1.0
  • kernel Rocky Linux 9 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8
  • kernel-rt Rocky Linux 8 4.18.0-553.178.1.rt7.519.el8_10
  • kernel Rocky Linux 8 4.18.0-553.178.1.el8_10

rocky linux advisories RXSA-2026:90365RLSA-2026:90365RLSA-2026:89082RLSA-2026:89083

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-68476 updated cvss 7.0

kernel: ipvs: reload ip header after head reallocation

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +12 more
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more
    under investigation
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel-modules-internal 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:76738
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) rv 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8, perf 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8, rtla 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8, python3-perf 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:90365
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) rv 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2, perf 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2, rtla 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2, python3-perf 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2, kernel-devel-matched 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2, kernel-64k-devel-matched 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:76738
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perf 4.18.0-553.178.1.el8_10, kernel 4.18.0-553.178.1.el8_10, bpftool 4.18.0-553.178.1.el8_10, kernel-core 4.18.0-553.178.1.el8_10, kernel-tools 4.18.0-553.178.1.el8_10, python3-perf 4.18.0-553.178.1.el8_10, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:89083
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) kernel 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8, kernel-64k 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8, kernel-core 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8, kernel-tools 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8, kernel-modules 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-core 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8, +27 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:90365
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) kernel 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2, kernel-64k 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2, kernel-core 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2, kernel-tools 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2, kernel-modules 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2, kernel-64k-core 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2, +28 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:76738
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4) perf 4.18.0-305.217.1.el8_4, kernel 4.18.0-305.217.1.el8_4, bpftool 4.18.0-305.217.1.el8_4, kernel-core 4.18.0-305.217.1.el8_4, kernel-tools 4.18.0-305.217.1.el8_4, python3-perf 4.18.0-305.217.1.el8_4, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:94596
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6) perf 4.18.0-372.227.1.el8_6, kernel 4.18.0-372.227.1.el8_6, bpftool 4.18.0-372.227.1.el8_6, kernel-core 4.18.0-372.227.1.el8_6, kernel-tools 4.18.0-372.227.1.el8_6, python3-perf 4.18.0-372.227.1.el8_6, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:94996
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4) perf 4.18.0-305.217.1.el8_4, kernel 4.18.0-305.217.1.el8_4, bpftool 4.18.0-305.217.1.el8_4, kernel-core 4.18.0-305.217.1.el8_4, kernel-tools 4.18.0-305.217.1.el8_4, python3-perf 4.18.0-305.217.1.el8_4, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:94596
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6) perf 4.18.0-372.227.1.el8_6, kernel 4.18.0-372.227.1.el8_6, bpftool 4.18.0-372.227.1.el8_6, kernel-core 4.18.0-372.227.1.el8_6, kernel-tools 4.18.0-372.227.1.el8_6, python3-perf 4.18.0-372.227.1.el8_6, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:94996
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) libperf 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:90365
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) libperf 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:76738
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-553.178.1.el8_10, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-553.178.1.el8_10, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-553.178.1.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:89083
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hidden (v. 10) kernel-modules-internal 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:76738
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-553.178.1.rt7.519.el8_10, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-553.178.1.rt7.519.el8_10, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-553.178.1.rt7.519.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-553.178.1.rt7.519.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-553.178.1.rt7.519.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-553.178.1.rt7.519.el8_10, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:89082
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-64k 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-64k-core 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:90365
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10) kernel-rt 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-64k 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-64k-core 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:76738
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-687.61.1.el9_8, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:90365
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 10) kernel-rt 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-modules-core 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-debug-modules 6.12.0-211.63.1.el10_2, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:76738
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-553.178.1.rt7.519.el8_10, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-553.178.1.rt7.519.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-553.178.1.rt7.519.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-553.178.1.rt7.519.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-553.178.1.rt7.519.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.178.1.rt7.519.el8_10, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:89082
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

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References

Sources

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