Description
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.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53091
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492270
Scores
CVSS v3
8.4
EPSS
0.0012
EPSS Percentile
2.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-131
Status
published
Products (7)
linux/Kernel
3.16.0 - 7.0.10linux
Linux/Linux
< 3.16
Linux/Linux
3.16
Linux/Linux
7.0.10 - 7.0.*
Linux/Linux
7.1
Linux/Linux
e876f208af18b074f800656e4d1b99da75b2135f - 7fb4c19670110f052c04e1ec1d2b953b9f4f57e4
Linux/Linux
e876f208af18b074f800656e4d1b99da75b2135f - 9d4f5c68f5ad4ab425f3ce1500c97c9f9743999a
Published
Jun 24, 2026
Tracked Since
Jun 24, 2026