In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: add xmit recursion limit to tunnel xmit functions
Tunnel xmit functions (iptunnel_xmit, ip6tunnel_xmit) lack their own
recursion limit. When a bond device in broadcast mode has GRE tap
interfaces as slaves, and those GRE tunnels route back through the
bond, multicast/broadcast traffic triggers infinite recursion between
bond_xmit_broadcast() and ip_tunnel_xmit()/ip6_tnl_xmit(), causing
kernel stack overflow.
The existing XMIT_RECURSION_LIMIT (8) in the no-qdisc path is not
sufficient because tunnel recursion involves route lookups and full IP
output, consuming much more stack per level. Use a lower limit of 4
(IP_TUNNEL_RECURSION_LIMIT) to prevent overflow.
Add recursion detection using dev_xmit_recursion helpers directly in
iptunnel_xmit() and ip6tunnel_xmit() to cover all IPv4/IPv6 tunnel
paths including UDP encapsulated tunnels (VXLAN, Geneve, etc.).
Move dev_xmit_recursion helpers from net/core/dev.h to public header
include/linux/netdevice.h so they can be used by tunnel code.
BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in blake2s.constprop.0+0xe7/0x160
Write of size 32 at addr ffff88810033fed0 by task kworker/0:1/11
Workqueue: mld mld_ifc_work
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__build_flow_key.constprop.0 (net/ipv4/route.c:515)
ip_rt_update_pmtu (net/ipv4/route.c:1073)
iptunnel_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:84)
ip_tunnel_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:847)
gre_tap_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:779)
dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887)
sch_direct_xmit (net/sched/sch_generic.c:347)
__dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4802)
bond_dev_queue_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:312)
bond_xmit_broadcast (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5279)
bond_start_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5530)
dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887)
__dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4841)
ip_finish_output2 (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:237)
ip_output (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:438)
iptunnel_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:86)
gre_tap_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:779)
dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887)
sch_direct_xmit (net/sched/sch_generic.c:347)
__dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4802)
bond_dev_queue_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:312)
bond_xmit_broadcast (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5279)
bond_start_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5530)
dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887)
__dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4841)
ip_finish_output2 (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:237)
ip_output (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:438)
iptunnel_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:86)
ip_tunnel_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:847)
gre_tap_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:779)
dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887)
sch_direct_xmit (net/sched/sch_generic.c:347)
__dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4802)
bond_dev_queue_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:312)
bond_xmit_broadcast (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5279)
bond_start_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5530)
dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887)
__dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4841)
mld_sendpack
mld_ifc_work
process_one_work
worker_thread
</TASK>
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Affected Vendors & Products
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References
History
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:45:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-119 CWE-674 |
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:30:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: add xmit recursion limit to tunnel xmit functions Tunnel xmit functions (iptunnel_xmit, ip6tunnel_xmit) lack their own recursion limit. When a bond device in broadcast mode has GRE tap interfaces as slaves, and those GRE tunnels route back through the bond, multicast/broadcast traffic triggers infinite recursion between bond_xmit_broadcast() and ip_tunnel_xmit()/ip6_tnl_xmit(), causing kernel stack overflow. The existing XMIT_RECURSION_LIMIT (8) in the no-qdisc path is not sufficient because tunnel recursion involves route lookups and full IP output, consuming much more stack per level. Use a lower limit of 4 (IP_TUNNEL_RECURSION_LIMIT) to prevent overflow. Add recursion detection using dev_xmit_recursion helpers directly in iptunnel_xmit() and ip6tunnel_xmit() to cover all IPv4/IPv6 tunnel paths including UDP encapsulated tunnels (VXLAN, Geneve, etc.). Move dev_xmit_recursion helpers from net/core/dev.h to public header include/linux/netdevice.h so they can be used by tunnel code. BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in blake2s.constprop.0+0xe7/0x160 Write of size 32 at addr ffff88810033fed0 by task kworker/0:1/11 Workqueue: mld mld_ifc_work Call Trace: <TASK> __build_flow_key.constprop.0 (net/ipv4/route.c:515) ip_rt_update_pmtu (net/ipv4/route.c:1073) iptunnel_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:84) ip_tunnel_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:847) gre_tap_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:779) dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887) sch_direct_xmit (net/sched/sch_generic.c:347) __dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4802) bond_dev_queue_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:312) bond_xmit_broadcast (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5279) bond_start_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5530) dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887) __dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4841) ip_finish_output2 (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:237) ip_output (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:438) iptunnel_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:86) gre_tap_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:779) dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887) sch_direct_xmit (net/sched/sch_generic.c:347) __dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4802) bond_dev_queue_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:312) bond_xmit_broadcast (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5279) bond_start_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5530) dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887) __dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4841) ip_finish_output2 (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:237) ip_output (net/ipv4/ip_output.c:438) iptunnel_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:86) ip_tunnel_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c:847) gre_tap_xmit (net/ipv4/ip_gre.c:779) dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887) sch_direct_xmit (net/sched/sch_generic.c:347) __dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4802) bond_dev_queue_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:312) bond_xmit_broadcast (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5279) bond_start_xmit (drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5530) dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3887) __dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4841) mld_sendpack mld_ifc_work process_one_work worker_thread </TASK> | |
| Title | net: add xmit recursion limit to tunnel xmit functions | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| References |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2026-03-20T08:08:56.575Z
Updated: 2026-03-20T08:08:56.575Z
Reserved: 2026-01-13T15:37:45.991Z
Link: CVE-2026-23276
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-03-20T09:16:13.370
Modified: 2026-03-20T09:16:13.370
Link: CVE-2026-23276
Redhat
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