Public vulnerability disclosure

CVE-2022-49776

macvlan: enforce a consistent minimal mtu

published

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: macvlan: enforce a consistent minimal mtu macvlan should enforce a minimal mtu of 68, even at link creation. This patch avoids the current behavior (which could lead to crashes in ipv6 stack if the link is brought up) $ ip link add macvlan1 link eno1 mtu 8 type macvlan # This should fail ! $ ip link sh dev macvlan1 5: macvlan1@eno1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 8 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether 02:47:6c:24:74:82 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff $ ip link set macvlan1 mtu 67 Error: mtu less than device minimum. $ ip link set macvlan1 mtu 68 $ ip link set macvlan1 mtu 8 Error: mtu less than device minimum.

Technical severityUnscoredNo score in collected sources
Published2025-05-01Source updated 2026-11-05
Collected2026-11-052 attributed sources

Fixes and workarounds

No remediation reported in collected sources.

Missing remediation information is not evidence that no patch exists.

Affected products and versions

Affected products, source version ranges and reporting authorities
ProductVersionsAuthority
Linux
Linux
≥ 91572088e3fdbf4fe31cf397926d8b890fdb3237; < d2fee7d121d189c6dc905b727d60e7043a6655bb (affected, git)
≥ 91572088e3fdbf4fe31cf397926d8b890fdb3237; < 650137a7c0b2892df2e5b0bc112d7b09a78c93c8 (affected, git)
≥ 91572088e3fdbf4fe31cf397926d8b890fdb3237; < a62aa84fe19eb24d083d600a074c009a0a66d4f3 (affected, git)
≥ 91572088e3fdbf4fe31cf397926d8b890fdb3237; < e929ec98c0c3b10d9c07f3776df0c1a02d7a763e (affected, git)
≥ 91572088e3fdbf4fe31cf397926d8b890fdb3237; < e41cbf98df22d08402e65174d147cbb187fe1a33 (affected, git)
≥ 91572088e3fdbf4fe31cf397926d8b890fdb3237; < 2b055c719d8f94c15ec9b7659978133030c6a353 (affected, git)
≥ 91572088e3fdbf4fe31cf397926d8b890fdb3237; < b64085b00044bdf3cd1c9825e9ef5b2e0feae91a (affected, git)
Other versions: unaffected
CNA: Linux
Linux
Linux
4.10 (affected)
≥ 0; < 4.10 (unaffected, semver)
≥ 4.14.300; ≤ 4.14.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 4.19.267; ≤ 4.19.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 5.4.225; ≤ 5.4.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 5.10.156; ≤ 5.10.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 5.15.80; ≤ 5.15.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.0.10; ≤ 6.0.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.1; ≤ * (unaffected, original_commit_for_fix)
Other versions: affected
CNA: Linux

Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.

CVSS assessments

No CVSS assessment reported. An unscored record is not a low-severity determination.

Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

References

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