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CVE-2026-53091

net: pull headers in qdisc_pkt_len_segs_init()

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 7.0.10
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: pull headers in qdisc_pkt_len_segs_init() Most ndo_start_xmit() methods expects headers of gso packets to be already in skb->head. net/core/tso.c users are particularly at risk, because tso_build_hdr() does a memcpy(hdr, skb->data, hdr_len); qdisc_pkt_len_segs_init() already does a dissection of gso packets. Use pskb_may_pull() instead of skb_header_pointer() to make sure drivers do not have to reimplement this. Some malicious packets could be fed, detect them so that we can drop them sooner with a new SKB_DROP_REASON_SKB_BAD_GSO drop_reason.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From e876f208af18b074f800656e4d1b99da75b2135f · fixed in 5895cfc76924a629c6eaa5e5f049de642860045f; From e876f208af18b074f800656e4d1b99da75b2135f · fixed in 7564dc804d8289d2e5c6edb8173754051b71bff4; From e876f208af18b074f800656e4d1b99da75b2135f · fixed in 9d4f5c68f5ad4ab425f3ce1500c97c9f9743999a; From e876f208af18b074f800656e4d1b99da75b2135f · fixed in 7fb4c19670110f052c04e1ec1d2b953b9f4f57e4

  • Linux Linux

    3.16

  • KernelLinux

    From 3.16.0 · fixed in 6.6.160; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.12.114; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 7.0.10

References 4

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