CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-23154
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2026-02-14
- Last modified
- 2026-10-19
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: fix segmentation of forwarding fraglist GRO
This patch enhances GSO segment handling by properly checking
the SKB_GSO_DODGY flag for frag_list GSO packets, addressing
low throughput issues observed when a station accesses IPv4
servers via hotspots with an IPv6-only upstream interface.
Specifically, it fixes a bug in GSO segmentation when forwarding
GRO packets containing a frag_list. The function skb_segment_list
cannot correctly process GRO skbs that have been converted by XLAT,
since XLAT only translates the header of the head skb. Consequently,
skbs in the frag_list may remain untranslated, resulting in protocol
inconsistencies and reduced throughput.
To address this, the patch explicitly sets the SKB_GSO_DODGY flag
for GSO packets in XLAT's IPv4/IPv6 protocol translation helpers
(bpf_skb_proto_4_to_6 and bpf_skb_proto_6_to_4). This marks GSO
packets as potentially modified after protocol translation. As a
result, GSO segmentation will avoid using skb_segment_list and
instead falls back to skb_segment for packets with the SKB_GSO_DODGY
flag. This ensures that only safe and fully translated frag_list
packets are processed by skb_segment_list, resolving protocol
inconsistencies and improving throughput when forwarding GRO packets
converted by XLAT.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.6 < 6.12.69)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.18.9)
• linux linux kernel 6.19
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cbef9ea5a0ac51863ede35c45f26931a85d3888 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d48d59235c494d34e32052f768393111c0806ef Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e62db1e3140449608975e29e0979cc5f3b1cc07 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/426ca15c7f6cb6562a081341ca88893a50c59fa2 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9122d7280b2303e835cdfec156bd932ac1f586ed git.kernel.org
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