{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-53235", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-06-09T07:44:35.393Z", "datePublished": "2026-06-25T08:39:32.518Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:34:24.581Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:34:24.581Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: add pskb_may_pull() to skb_gro_receive_list()\n\nskb_gro_receive_list() calls skb_pull(skb, skb_gro_offset(skb)) without\nfirst ensuring the data is in the linear area via pskb_may_pull(). When\nthe skb arrives via napi_gro_frags(), skb_headlen can be 0 (all data in\npage fragments) while skb_gro_offset is non-zero (after IP+TCP header\nparsing). The skb_pull() then decrements skb->len by skb_gro_offset\nbut skb->data_len stays unchanged, hitting BUG_ON(skb->len < skb->data_len)\nin __skb_pull().\n\nThe UDP fraglist GRO path already contains this guard at\nudp_offload.c:749. Adding it to skb_gro_receive_list() itself provides\ncentralized protection for all callers (TCP, UDP, and any future\nprotocols), and ensures the precondition of skb_pull() is satisfied\nbefore it is called.\n\nOn pskb_may_pull() failure, set NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->flush = 1 so the\nskb is not held as a new GRO head and is instead delivered through the\nnormal receive path, matching the UDP handling." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "baseScore": 7.5, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:N - The vulnerable GRO path processes received IPv4/IPv6 TCP packets in the network stack before socket authentication or routing decisions. A remote peer can send crafted same-flow packets to an exposed interface with fraglist GRO enabled.\nAC:L - Given a vulnerable deployment with rx-gro-list enabled, the attacker controls the packet stream, header layout, checksums, and sequencing needed to reach skb_gro_receive_list(). No race or victim state outside the attacker’s packet timing is required.\nPR:N - The code runs on unauthenticated packet receive before any application or TCP connection authorization. No local account or kernel capability is required for a remote sender.\nUI:N - Exploitation only requires packet delivery to the target network interface. No victim user action is needed.\nS:U - The impact is within the kernel/network stack security authority of the targeted system. There is no VM, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary crossing.\nC:N - The bug triggers an internal skb length invariant failure in __skb_pull() and immediately BUGs. I found no out-of-bounds read, use-after-free, or usable information disclosure primitive before the crash.\nI:N - The vulnerable operation corrupts skb metadata only enough to trip the immediate BUG_ON path. It does not provide an attacker-controlled write or persistent data modification primitive.\nA:H - The reachable failure is BUG() in __skb_pull(), causing a kernel oops/panic or loss of system availability. A remote attacker can repeat the packet sequence to repeatedly crash affected deployments." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "net/core/gro.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "8d95dc474f85481652a0e422d2f1f079de81f63c", "lessThan": "9e636c995b7beeb74ea882968248752821c244c4", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "8d95dc474f85481652a0e422d2f1f079de81f63c", "lessThan": "0cde3a004119db637b401c54e77536e4145fc0b4", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "8d95dc474f85481652a0e422d2f1f079de81f63c", "lessThan": "848571dcbbbea7ba44dd4f7ebe1fbb274afe08ac", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "8d95dc474f85481652a0e422d2f1f079de81f63c", "lessThan": "f2bb3434544454099a5b6dec213567267b05d79d", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "net/core/gro.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "6.10", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.10", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.94", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.36", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.0.13", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.0.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.1", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.10", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.94" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.10", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.36" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.10", "versionEndExcluding": "7.0.13" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.10", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e636c995b7beeb74ea882968248752821c244c4" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cde3a004119db637b401c54e77536e4145fc0b4" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/848571dcbbbea7ba44dd4f7ebe1fbb274afe08ac" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2bb3434544454099a5b6dec213567267b05d79d" } ], "title": "net: add pskb_may_pull() to skb_gro_receive_list()", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }