# CVE-2026-98853: net: gso: limit recursive IP-in-IP segmentation

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.2.10
- Published: 2026-10-18 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.13
- Kernel (Linux): from 3.13.0, fixed in 7.2.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: gso: limit recursive IP-in-IP segmentation IP-in-IP GSO can re-enter inet_gso_segment() or ipv6_gso_segment() for each nested IP header. encap_level tracks header bytes, not callback depth, so a deep chain can exhaust the kernel stack. Making inet_gso_segment() stackable introduced unbounded IPv4 nesting; IPIP GSO/TSO later made the path reachable. The IPv6 stackable path was introduced separately and uses the same guard. Count IPv4 and IPv6 GSO handler entries in skb_gso_cb, initialized once per top-level GSO operation and preserved across GRE/UDP context changes. Use the existing IP_TUNNEL_RECURSION_LIMIT for both handlers. The first five entries pass, and the sixth returns -EINVAL before dispatching another GSO callback.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (7.2.10) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/388604279da3d0698a151efa4fb6d852efa0de4a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c949646c900e879afce47df1b607fa320eb63bf2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/006c8b834aed8b02bd8fb9fb05e9e7ead37d1763

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