CVE-2026-98621
En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad:
net: gue: rechazar desplazamientos REMCSUM no válidos
La opción REMCSUM contiene un inicio de suma de comprobación absoluto y un desplazamiento del campo de suma de comprobación. gue_remcsum() los pasa a skb_remcsum_process(), cuya ruta parcial almacena offset - start en la variable u16 skb->csum_offset. Si offset es menor que start, se produce un desbordamiento por defecto (underflow).
Un paquete reenviado puede conservar CHECKSUM_PARTIAL y llegar a un controlador NETIF_F_HW_CSUM que confía en los metadatos, lo que provoca que skb_copy_and_csum_dev() escriba dos bytes a unos 64 KiB más allá del búfer de destino.
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Rechazar las tuplas invertidas en validate_gue_flags(), tras la validación de longitud existente, de modo que todos los analizadores GUE apliquen el orden en un único lugar.
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CVSS
NVD no ha asignado puntuación CVSS a esta CVE (habitual desde el cambio de política de abril de 2026).
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días
- 0.21 %
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas
- 11
- Fecha de la puntuación
- 20/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
Referencias
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- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d664be4ca49d1696e85239236f4988dfc4653c3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1eeec0c51fd5598da44080ed96bbd9880021c28b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2566866fc30965d915d0b52b5c3323b362619f0e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40aeafbcbc7bc4018e8f74bbbb4d29ed8846f57f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43efb1f997e976f386aa89716f55870cd2cff9ad
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b9bc21b2396c396d88dd909caaf73d5be6ff593
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97f907203321eee2cc9132d5c9eb47698fb41d35
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c20f755338ca234e523dfc943719f194dfc1f903
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: gue: reject invalid REMCSUM offsets\n\nThe REMCSUM option carries an absolute checksum start and checksum field\noffset. gue_remcsum() passes them to skb_remcsum_process(), whose\npartial path stores offset - start in the u16 skb->csum_offset variable.\nIf offset is less than start, this underflows.\n\nA forwarded packet can retain CHECKSUM_PARTIAL and reach a NETIF_F_HW_CSUM\ndriver which trusts the metadata, leading skb_copy_and_csum_dev() to write\ntwo bytes about 64 KiB beyond the destination buffer.\n\nReject reversed tuples in validate_gue_flags(), after the existing length\nvalidation, so all GUE parsers enforce the ordering in one place."
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