{"id":"CVE-2026-53091","aliases":[],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2026-53091","summary":"net: pull headers in qdisc_pkt_len_segs_init()","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: pull headers in qdisc_pkt_len_segs_init()\n\nMost ndo_start_xmit() methods expects headers of gso packets\nto be already in skb->head.\n\nnet/core/tso.c users are particularly at risk, because tso_build_hdr()\ndoes a memcpy(hdr, skb->data, hdr_len);\n\nqdisc_pkt_len_segs_init() already does a dissection of gso packets.\n\nUse pskb_may_pull() instead of skb_header_pointer() to make\nsure drivers do not have to reimplement this.\n\nSome malicious packets could be fed, detect them so that we can\ndrop them sooner with a new SKB_DROP_REASON_SKB_BAD_GSO drop_reason.","published":"2026-06-24T16:30:30.290Z","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:41.674506041Z","cvss":{"score":8.4,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Linux","name":"Kernel","fixedVersion":"7.0.10"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fb4c19670110f052c04e1ec1d2b953b9f4f57e4"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d4f5c68f5ad4ab425f3ce1500c97c9f9743999a"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-53091.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53091"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53091.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53091"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492270"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-12T03:51:41.674506041Z"}}