Bug 2492270 (CVE-2026-53091) - CVE-2026-53091 kernel: net: pull headers in qdisc_pkt_len_segs_init()
Summary: CVE-2026-53091 kernel: net: pull headers in qdisc_pkt_len_segs_init()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-53091
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-06-24 18:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-24 19:17 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-06-24 18:02:03 UTC
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.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-06-24 19:14:11 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026062409-CVE-2026-53091-cb58@gregkh/T


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