CVE-2026-80590

Status: ReceivedHigh (8.6)—

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

inet: frags: strip GSO state from fragments before reassembly

A virtio_net_hdr (tun/tap, or AF_PACKET with PACKET_VNET_HDR) can mark an IPv4 or IPv6 fragment as GSO; nothing relates gso_type to frag_off. inet_frag_reasm_prepare()/inet_frag_reasm_finish() keep the first fragment's skb as the head of the reassembled datagram, including its shinfo->gso_size/gso_type/gso_segs, and chain the remaining fragments on frag_list with whatever linear/paged layout they arrived with.

After ip_defrag() (ip_local_deliver(), nf_defrag_ipv4, ...) the reassembled skb therefore still claims to be GSO (SKB_GSO_DODGY), and the next software segmentation point - udp_rcv_segment() on local delivery, validate_xmit_skb(), or the ip_finish_output_gso() slow path - hands it to skb_segment(). skb_segment()'s frag_list walk assumes GRO-shaped input and hits one of its BUG_ON()s.

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Two writes to a tap by an unprivileged user in its own userns are enough:

This runs with BH disabled, so it is a panic rather than an oops. The same is reachable with CAP_NET_RAW in a netns where a defrag point precedes a GSO point, and from a guest whose VMM forwards virtio_net_hdr to a tap. The SKB_GSO_DODGY frag_list checks added by commit 3dcbdb134f32 ("net: gso: Fix skb_segment splat when splitting gso_size mangled skb having linear-headed frag_list") and by commit 9e4b7a99a03a ("net: gso: fix panic on frag_list with mixed head alloc types") do not cover it: page-backed heads skip them, and kmalloc heads skip them when gso_size == skb_headlen(head), which the sender controls.

An skb entering a frag queue is an IP fragment by definition and cannot legitimately carry GSO state: GRO does not merge fragments and the stack segments before it fragments, so only untrusted sources are affected. This has been reachable since commit f43798c27684 ("tun: Allow GSO using virtio_net_hdr"), the first path that let userspace attach GSO metadata to an IP fragment. Reset the GSO fields of every fragment as it is queued, in inet_frag_queue_insert(), which IPv4, IPv6, nf_conntrack_reasm and 6lowpan reassembly share; then neither the head nor the frag_list members of the reassembled skb carry them (the members matter too: the ip_do_fragment()/ip6_fragment() fast paths send them out as they are). The head may remain CHECKSUM_PARTIAL; that is already accepted on receive and resolved by skb_checksum_help() in ip_do_fragment()/ip6_fragment() on forward.

Tested on top of net.git (dc4b95b8fee9), x86_64: the tap reproducer above, two further IPv4 frag_list geometries that reach BUG_ON(i >= nfrags) and BUG_ON(!list_skb->head_frag), and an IPv6 fragment-header variant (udp6_ufo_fragment()) each panic the unpatched kernel; with this patch all four datagrams are delivered intact and nothing is logged.

Technical details traces, logs and code from the original report

  kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:4899!
  Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
  CPU: 0 UID: 1000 PID: 82 Comm: poc Not tainted 7.2.0-pentest+ #2
  RIP: 0010:skb_segment+0x20ca/0x48b0
  Call Trace:
   <TASK>
   __udp_gso_segment+0x29a/0x27d0
   udp4_ufo_fragment+0x458/0x6c0
   inet_gso_segment+0x429/0x1340
   skb_mac_gso_segment+0x233/0x4f0
   __skb_gso_segment+0x308/0x660
   udp_queue_rcv_skb+0x440/0xad0
   udp_unicast_rcv_skb+0xc7/0x2c0
   udp_rcv+0x16ce/0x2260
   ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x197/0x2d0
   ip_local_deliver+0x430/0x690
   ip_rcv+0x16f/0x1f0
   __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x15e/0x1c0
   __netif_receive_skb+0x1e/0x110
   netif_receive_skb+0xf6/0x5c0
   tun_rx_batched.isra.0+0x3ab/0x790
   tun_get_user+0x17c3/0x3550
   tun_chr_write_iter+0xba/0x1b0
   vfs_write+0x646/0x1130
   </TASK>
  Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt

CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base score: 8.6

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.58%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 46
Score date: 10/6/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access75 %
Primary impactT1499.004 Application or System Exploitationimpact80 %
Secondary impactT1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation40 %

Vulnerabilidad remota en fragmentación IPv4/IPv6 que permite DoS por kernel panic desde red sin privilegios (AV:N/PR:N). Vector CVSS indica disponibilidad crítica (A:H). El atacante remoto puede causar pánico del kernel mediante paquetes fragmentados manipulados con metadatos GSO falsos en tun/tap.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Filter Network Traffic Application Isolation and Sandboxing Exploit Protection Update Software Vulnerability Scanning Threat Intelligence Program

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Linux — Linux Kernel^AI

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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ninet: frags: strip GSO state from fragments before reassembly\n\nA virtio_net_hdr (tun/tap, or AF_PACKET with PACKET_VNET_HDR) can mark\nan IPv4 or IPv6 fragment as GSO; nothing relates gso_type to frag_off.\ninet_frag_reasm_prepare()/inet_frag_reasm_finish() keep the first\nfragment's skb as the head of the reassembled datagram, including its\nshinfo->gso_size/gso_type/gso_segs, and chain the remaining fragments\non frag_list with whatever linear/paged layout they arrived with.\n\nAfter ip_defrag() (ip_local_deliver(), nf_defrag_ipv4, ...) the\nreassembled skb therefore still claims to be GSO (SKB_GSO_DODGY), and\nthe next software segmentation point - udp_rcv_segment() on local\ndelivery, validate_xmit_skb(), or the ip_finish_output_gso() slow\npath - hands it to skb_segment(). skb_segment()'s frag_list walk\nassumes GRO-shaped input and hits one of its BUG_ON()s. Two writes to\na tap by an unprivileged user in its own userns are enough:\n\n  kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:4899!\n  Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI\n  CPU: 0 UID: 1000 PID: 82 Comm: poc Not tainted 7.2.0-pentest+ #2\n  RIP: 0010:skb_segment+0x20ca/0x48b0\n  Call Trace:\n   <TASK>\n   __udp_gso_segment+0x29a/0x27d0\n   udp4_ufo_fragment+0x458/0x6c0\n   inet_gso_segment+0x429/0x1340\n   skb_mac_gso_segment+0x233/0x4f0\n   __skb_gso_segment+0x308/0x660\n   udp_queue_rcv_skb+0x440/0xad0\n   udp_unicast_rcv_skb+0xc7/0x2c0\n   udp_rcv+0x16ce/0x2260\n   ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x197/0x2d0\n   ip_local_deliver+0x430/0x690\n   ip_rcv+0x16f/0x1f0\n   __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x15e/0x1c0\n   __netif_receive_skb+0x1e/0x110\n   netif_receive_skb+0xf6/0x5c0\n   tun_rx_batched.isra.0+0x3ab/0x790\n   tun_get_user+0x17c3/0x3550\n   tun_chr_write_iter+0xba/0x1b0\n   vfs_write+0x646/0x1130\n   </TASK>\n  Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt\n\nThis runs with BH disabled, so it is a panic rather than an oops. The\nsame is reachable with CAP_NET_RAW in a netns where a defrag point\nprecedes a GSO point, and from a guest whose VMM forwards\nvirtio_net_hdr to a tap. The SKB_GSO_DODGY frag_list checks added by\ncommit 3dcbdb134f32 (\"net: gso: Fix skb_segment splat when splitting\ngso_size mangled skb having linear-headed frag_list\") and by\ncommit 9e4b7a99a03a (\"net: gso: fix panic on frag_list with mixed head\nalloc types\") do not cover it: page-backed heads skip them, and kmalloc\nheads skip them when gso_size == skb_headlen(head), which the sender\ncontrols.\n\nAn skb entering a frag queue is an IP fragment by definition and\ncannot legitimately carry GSO state: GRO does not merge fragments and\nthe stack segments before it fragments, so only untrusted sources are\naffected. This has been reachable since\ncommit f43798c27684 (\"tun: Allow GSO using virtio_net_hdr\"), the first\npath that let userspace attach GSO metadata to an IP fragment. Reset\nthe GSO fields of every fragment as it is queued, in\ninet_frag_queue_insert(), which IPv4, IPv6, nf_conntrack_reasm and\n6lowpan reassembly share; then neither the head nor the frag_list\nmembers of the reassembled skb carry them (the members matter too:\nthe ip_do_fragment()/ip6_fragment() fast paths send them out as they\nare). The head may remain CHECKSUM_PARTIAL; that is already accepted\non receive and resolved by skb_checksum_help() in\nip_do_fragment()/ip6_fragment() on forward.\n\nTested on top of net.git (dc4b95b8fee9), x86_64: the tap reproducer\nabove, two further IPv4 frag_list geometries that reach\nBUG_ON(i >= nfrags) and BUG_ON(!list_skb->head_frag), and an IPv6\nfragment-header variant (udp6_ufo_fragment()) each panic the unpatched\nkernel; with this patch all four datagrams are delivered intact and\nnothing is logged."
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