Linux: net: gro: fix double aggregation of flush-marked skbs
What fixes it
- 7fc7e35212cf58c134310fb47566a844297ceae9LinuxCVE List
- 107e1a469f53a2a70874f3f12bf6fcd23925da1dLinuxCVE List
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Timeline
- 10 Aug 2026, 11:58 UTCPublishedCVE List
- 23 Oct 2026, 23:22 UTCExploit code publicGitHub proof-of-concept repositories
Reports 1
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: gro: fix double aggregation of flush-marked skbs
Commit 0ab03f353d36 ("net-gro: Fix GRO flush when receiving a GSO packet.") added a flush check to skb_gro_receive(), but skb_gro_receive_list() lacks the same validation.
As a result, packets marked with NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->flush may still be re-aggregated.
This allows already-GRO'd packets with existing frag_list to be re-aggregated into a new GRO session, corrupting the frag_list chain structure. When skb_segment() attempts to unpack these malformed packets, it encounters invalid state and triggers a kernel panic.
Scenario (Tethering/Device forwarding):
- Driver: Generated aggregated packet P1 via LRO with frag_list
- Dev A: Receives aggregated fraglist packet and flush flag set
- Dev A: Re-enters GRO, skb_gro_receive_list() is called
- Missing flush check allows re-aggregation despite flush flag
- Frag_list chain becomes corrupted (loops or dangling refs)
- Dev B: TX path calls skb_segment(), crashes on corrupted frag_list
Root cause in skb_segment(): The check at line ~4891: if (hsize <= 0 && i >= nfrags && skb_headlen(list_skb) && (skb_headlen(list_skb) == len || sg)) {
When frag_list is corrupted by double aggregation, when list_skb is a NULL pointer from skb->next, skb_headlen(list_skb) dereference NULL/corrupted pointers occurs.
Call Trace: skb_headlen(NULL skb) skb_segment tcp_gso_segment tcp4_gso_segment inet_gso_segment skb_mac_gso_segment __skb_gso_segment skb_gso_segment validate_xmit_skb validate_xmit_skb_list sch_direct_xmit qdisc_restart __qdisc_run qdisc_run net_tx_action
Fix: Add NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->flush validation to the early-return check in skb_gro_receive_list(), matching the defensive programming pattern of skb_gro_receive().
Text from CVE List
Affected versions 16
- Linuxaffected: 3a1296a38d0cf62bffb9a03c585cbd5dbf15d596 before 7fc7e35212cf58c134310fb47566a844297ceae9CVE List
- Linuxaffected: 3a1296a38d0cf62bffb9a03c585cbd5dbf15d596 before d1fb23f8f794ac4683127bd49a6422bd87e0ac02CVE List
- Linuxaffected: 3a1296a38d0cf62bffb9a03c585cbd5dbf15d596 before db3e82da616f52e2b27e25e7be3fde2f2a5e54d6CVE List
- Linuxaffected: 3a1296a38d0cf62bffb9a03c585cbd5dbf15d596 before 107e1a469f53a2a70874f3f12bf6fcd23925da1dCVE List
- Linuxaffected: 3a1296a38d0cf62bffb9a03c585cbd5dbf15d596 before a4dfd46cc8f08a29c6183794790547d0945f3d45CVE List
- Linuxaffected: 3a1296a38d0cf62bffb9a03c585cbd5dbf15d596 before fc0c0f7a207f0cd2d2aa725696c907f7d03af9e0CVE List
- Linuxaffected: 3a1296a38d0cf62bffb9a03c585cbd5dbf15d596 before e751256486d0ded20f5a9f9863467f1dce65142fCVE List
- Linuxaffected: 5.6CVE List
- Linuxunaffected: all versions before 5.6CVE List
- Linuxunaffected: 5.10.266 through 5.10.*CVE List
- Linuxunaffected: 6.1.184 through 6.1.*CVE List
- Linuxunaffected: 6.6.153 through 6.6.*CVE List
- Linuxunaffected: 6.12.101 through 6.12.*CVE List
- Linuxunaffected: 6.18.42 through 6.18.*CVE List
- Linuxunaffected: 7.1.6 through 7.1.*CVE List
- Linuxunaffected: 7.2CVE List
References 7
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fc7e35212cf58c134310fb47566a844297ceae9Referencevia CVE List
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1fb23f8f794ac4683127bd49a6422bd87e0ac02Referencevia CVE List
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/db3e82da616f52e2b27e25e7be3fde2f2a5e54d6Referencevia CVE List
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/107e1a469f53a2a70874f3f12bf6fcd23925da1dReferencevia CVE List
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4dfd46cc8f08a29c6183794790547d0945f3d45Referencevia CVE List
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc0c0f7a207f0cd2d2aa725696c907f7d03af9e0Referencevia CVE List
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e751256486d0ded20f5a9f9863467f1dce65142fReferencevia CVE List