CVE-2026-80844
N/A ALL-YEARSIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: ah6: validate routing header segments_left AH6 rearranges routing-header addresses before computing or verifying the ICV. ipv6_rearrange_rthdr() assumes that segments_left is not larger than the number of addresses described by the routing header's hdrlen field. That assumption does not hold for raw IPv6 HDRINCL packets. A packet with hdrlen equal to 2 describes one address, but can carry an arbitrary segments_left value. With segments_left equal to 255, the function moves its address pointer 4,064 bytes backwards and passes a 4,064-byte length to memmove(), resulting in an out-of-bounds access. Validate the invariant locally before modifying the routing header or performing any address-pointer arithmetic, and propagate malformed-header errors to the existing AH6 input and output error paths.
No known exploitation, public exploit, or elevated probability at this time. Track for changes.
Exploitation likelihood
0.4%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 37th percentile
Impact if exploited
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- https://github.com/suominen/dirtyah6
Tracking DirtyAH6 (CVE-2026-80844), the Linux kernel IPv6 AH routing-header out-of-bounds write
PoC-in-GitHub · CVE-2026-80844
PoC-in-GitHub · CVE-2026-80844 · Updated 2026-10-01T07:51:52Z - https://github.com/0xBlackash/CVE-2026-80844
CVE-2026-80844
PoC-in-GitHub · CVE-2026-80844
PoC-in-GitHub · CVE-2026-80844 · Updated 2026-09-28T20:10:03Z - https://github.com/HORKimhab/CVE-2026-80844
CVE-2026-80844, DirtyAH6
PoC-in-GitHub · CVE-2026-80844
PoC-in-GitHub · CVE-2026-80844 · Updated 2026-09-21T02:15:11Z
References
Advisories
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-71294 EUVD · EUVD-2026-71294
Technical & other
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2dc650956e4e163b879b3fb1027f9557abc5c985CVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-19T08:44:37.342Z
NVD · CVE-2026-80844 · Updated 2026-10-19T09:17:19.853 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48b0e36cf54358276ee7aa897034c973097d2bc9CVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-19T08:44:37.342Z
NVD · CVE-2026-80844 · Updated 2026-10-19T09:17:19.853 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b7e066eabcc7d6d8f476c34739b45932f2f4c31CVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-19T08:44:37.342Z
NVD · CVE-2026-80844 · Updated 2026-10-19T09:17:19.853 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f00df8500e5a36ba70d336fd34bd2152ea074e5fCVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-19T08:44:37.342Z
NVD · CVE-2026-80844 · Updated 2026-10-19T09:17:19.853 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1516e31ac458a738be485620579d8f7fb2700fcbCVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-19T08:44:37.342Z
NVD · CVE-2026-80844 · Updated 2026-10-19T09:17:19.853 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6733ae71268a27d598cfb3f3339a3c950b9b656dCVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-19T08:44:37.342Z
NVD · CVE-2026-80844 · Updated 2026-10-19T09:17:19.853 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0bf11081ad3753938a2b48723ce6298dbac743a1CVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-19T08:44:37.342Z
NVD · CVE-2026-80844 · Updated 2026-10-19T09:17:19.853 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46640c814f25f096b0b0045ca50e1b7030cd8a30CVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-19T08:44:37.342Z
NVD · CVE-2026-80844 · Updated 2026-10-19T09:17:19.853 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bad4bda74dc4713f398d3b7624ff05478e3a568CVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-19T08:44:37.342Z
NVD · CVE-2026-80844 · Updated 2026-10-19T09:17:19.853
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