In 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:
<TASK>
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
References
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History
09 Jan 2026, 13:53
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| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09ff062b89d8e48165247d677d1ca23d6d607e9b - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f638e0b28bde7c3354a0df938ab3a96739455d1 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5489e7fc6f8be3062f8cb7e49406de4bfd94db67 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/573b8250fc2554761db3bc2bbdbab23789d52d4e - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dc60b2a00ed7629214ac0c48e43f40af2078703 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d45cf1e7d7180256e17c9ce88e32e8061a7887fe - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de322cdf600fc9433845a9e944d1ca6b31cfb67e - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee851768e4b8371ce151fd446d24bf3ae2d18789 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef05007b403dcc21e701cb1f30d4572ac0a9da20 - Patch | |
| References | () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html - Third Party Advisory, Mailing List | |
| References | () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html - Third Party Advisory, Mailing List | |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-noinfo | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Information
Published : 2025-08-19 17:15
Updated : 2026-01-09 13:53
NVD link : CVE-2025-38572
Mitre link : CVE-2025-38572
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-38572
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Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
