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CVE-2026-53235 (GCVE-0-2026-53235)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-25 08:39 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:34
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Title
net: add pskb_may_pull() to skb_gro_receive_list()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: add pskb_may_pull() to skb_gro_receive_list() skb_gro_receive_list() calls skb_pull(skb, skb_gro_offset(skb)) without first ensuring the data is in the linear area via pskb_may_pull(). When the skb arrives via napi_gro_frags(), skb_headlen can be 0 (all data in page fragments) while skb_gro_offset is non-zero (after IP+TCP header parsing). The skb_pull() then decrements skb->len by skb_gro_offset but skb->data_len stays unchanged, hitting BUG_ON(skb->len < skb->data_len) in __skb_pull(). The UDP fraglist GRO path already contains this guard at udp_offload.c:749. Adding it to skb_gro_receive_list() itself provides centralized protection for all callers (TCP, UDP, and any future protocols), and ensures the precondition of skb_pull() is satisfied before it is called. On pskb_may_pull() failure, set NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->flush = 1 so the skb is not held as a new GRO head and is instead delivered through the normal receive path, matching the UDP handling.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 8d95dc474f85481652a0e422d2f1f079de81f63c , < 9e636c995b7beeb74ea882968248752821c244c4 (git)
Affected: 8d95dc474f85481652a0e422d2f1f079de81f63c , < 0cde3a004119db637b401c54e77536e4145fc0b4 (git)
Affected: 8d95dc474f85481652a0e422d2f1f079de81f63c , < 848571dcbbbea7ba44dd4f7ebe1fbb274afe08ac (git)
Affected: 8d95dc474f85481652a0e422d2f1f079de81f63c , < f2bb3434544454099a5b6dec213567267b05d79d (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.10
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.10 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.94 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.36 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0.13 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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