net: fix segmentation of forwarding fraglist GRO (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-23154
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.19 % · percentile 8 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: fix segmentation of forwarding fraglist GRO This patch enhances GSO segment handling by properly checking the SKB_GSO_DODGY flag for frag_list GSO packets, addressing low throughput issues observed when a station accesses IPv4 servers via hotspots with an IPv6-only upstream interface. Specifically, it fixes a bug in GSO segmentation when forwarding GRO packets containing a frag_list. The function skb_segment_list cannot correctly process GRO skbs that have been converted by XLAT, since XLAT only translates the header of the head skb. Consequently, skbs in the frag_list may remain untranslated, resulting in protocol inconsistencies and reduced throughput. To address this, the patch explicitly sets the SKB_GSO_DODGY flag for GSO packets in XLAT's IPv4/IPv6 protocol translation helpers (bpf_skb_proto_4_to_6 and bpf_skb_proto_6_to_4). This marks GSO packets as potentially modified after protocol translation. As a result, GSO segmentation will avoid using skb_segment_list and instead falls back to skb_segment for packets with the SKB_GSO_DODGY flag. This ensures that only safe and fully translated frag_list packets are processed by skb_segment_list, resolving protocol inconsistencies and improving throughput when forwarding GRO packets converted by XLAT.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 9fd1ff5d2ac7181844735806b0a703c942365291 < 9122d7280b2303e835cdfec156bd932ac1f586ed ; affected 9fd1ff5d2ac7181844735806b0a703c942365291 < 2cbef9ea5a0ac51863ede35c45f26931a85d3888 ; affected 9fd1ff5d2ac7181844735806b0a703c942365291 < 3e62db1e3140449608975e29e0979cc5f3b1cc07 ; affected 9fd1ff5d2ac7181844735806b0a703c942365291 < 3d48d59235c494d34e32052f768393111c0806ef ; affected 9fd1ff5d2ac7181844735806b0a703c942365291 < 426ca15c7f6cb6562a081341ca88893a50c59fa2
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.6 ; unaffected 0 < 5.6 ; unaffected 6.1.167 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.130 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.69 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.9 ≤ 6.18.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD