ACK: [SRU][Q][PATCH 0/1] CVE-2026-53006

[Edoardo Canepa]

Acked-by: Edoardo Canepa <edoardo.canepa at canonical.com>

On 7/17/26 00:17, Cengiz Can via kernel-team wrote:
> https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-53006
>
> [ Impact ]
>
> icmpv6_rcv() cached the source and destination addresses in temporary variables
> before calling pskb_pull(). Because pskb_pull() can reallocate skb->head, these
> cached pointers could reference freed memory, leading to a use-after-free. This
> affects the IPv6 ICMP receive path and could be triggered by crafted ICMPv6
> packets.
>
> [ Fix ]
>
> questing: clean cherry-pick
> focal: clean cherry-pick
> bionic: clean cherry-pick
> xenial: clean cherry-pick
>
> [ Test Plan ]
>
> Boot tested.
>
> [ Where Problems Could Occur ]
>
> A regression in this change would affect the IPv6 ICMP receive path,
> potentially impacting handling or debug logging of ICMPv6 packets.
>
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