GHSA-J327-57V5-Q43V
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-19 18:31 – Updated: 2026-01-09 15:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv6: reject malicious packets in ipv6_gso_segment()
syzbot was able to craft a packet with very long IPv6 extension headers leading to an overflow of skb->transport_header.
This 16bit field has a limited range.
Add skb_reset_transport_header_careful() helper and use it from ipv6_gso_segment()
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5871 at ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3032 skb_reset_transport_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3032 [inline] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5871 at ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3032 ipv6_gso_segment+0x15e2/0x21e0 net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c:151 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5871 Comm: syz-executor211 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc6-syzkaller-g7abc678e3084 #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025 RIP: 0010:skb_reset_transport_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3032 [inline] RIP: 0010:ipv6_gso_segment+0x15e2/0x21e0 net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c:151 Call Trace: skb_mac_gso_segment+0x31c/0x640 net/core/gso.c:53 nsh_gso_segment+0x54a/0xe10 net/nsh/nsh.c:110 skb_mac_gso_segment+0x31c/0x640 net/core/gso.c:53 __skb_gso_segment+0x342/0x510 net/core/gso.c:124 skb_gso_segment include/net/gso.h:83 [inline] validate_xmit_skb+0x857/0x11b0 net/core/dev.c:3950 validate_xmit_skb_list+0x84/0x120 net/core/dev.c:4000 sch_direct_xmit+0xd3/0x4b0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:329 __dev_xmit_skb net/core/dev.c:4102 [inline] __dev_queue_xmit+0x17b6/0x3a70 net/core/dev.c:4679
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-38572"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-08-19T17:15:34Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipv6: reject malicious packets in ipv6_gso_segment()\n\nsyzbot was able to craft a packet with very long IPv6 extension headers\nleading to an overflow of skb-\u003etransport_header.\n\nThis 16bit field has a limited range.\n\nAdd skb_reset_transport_header_careful() helper and use it\nfrom ipv6_gso_segment()\n\nWARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5871 at ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3032 skb_reset_transport_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3032 [inline]\nWARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5871 at ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3032 ipv6_gso_segment+0x15e2/0x21e0 net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c:151\nModules linked in:\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5871 Comm: syz-executor211 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc6-syzkaller-g7abc678e3084 #0 PREEMPT(full)\nHardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025\n RIP: 0010:skb_reset_transport_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3032 [inline]\n RIP: 0010:ipv6_gso_segment+0x15e2/0x21e0 net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c:151\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n skb_mac_gso_segment+0x31c/0x640 net/core/gso.c:53\n nsh_gso_segment+0x54a/0xe10 net/nsh/nsh.c:110\n skb_mac_gso_segment+0x31c/0x640 net/core/gso.c:53\n __skb_gso_segment+0x342/0x510 net/core/gso.c:124\n skb_gso_segment include/net/gso.h:83 [inline]\n validate_xmit_skb+0x857/0x11b0 net/core/dev.c:3950\n validate_xmit_skb_list+0x84/0x120 net/core/dev.c:4000\n sch_direct_xmit+0xd3/0x4b0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:329\n __dev_xmit_skb net/core/dev.c:4102 [inline]\n __dev_queue_xmit+0x17b6/0x3a70 net/core/dev.c:4679",
"id": "GHSA-j327-57v5-q43v",
"modified": "2026-01-09T15:30:22Z",
"published": "2025-08-19T18:31:33Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09ff062b89d8e48165247d677d1ca23d6d607e9b"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f638e0b28bde7c3354a0df938ab3a96739455d1"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5489e7fc6f8be3062f8cb7e49406de4bfd94db67"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/573b8250fc2554761db3bc2bbdbab23789d52d4e"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee851768e4b8371ce151fd446d24bf3ae2d18789"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef05007b403dcc21e701cb1f30d4572ac0a9da20"
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{
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"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html"
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