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Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-80725 EUVD-2026-68066GHSA-gvcm-7jx2-fwf2

net: gro: properly validate BIG TCP aggregation criteria

Published Aug 29, 2026 · Updated Oct 16, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: kernel Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-6.12 Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.14 Package: linux-aws-6.17 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-6.8 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.14 Package: linux-azure-6.17 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-6.8 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.14 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.17 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.8 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-azure-nvidia Package: linux-azure-nvidia-6.14 Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.14 Package: linux-gcp-6.17 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-6.8 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.14 Package: linux-hwe-6.17 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-6.8 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.11 Package: linux-nvidia-6.17 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia-lowlatency Package: linux-nvidia-tegra Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.14 Package: linux-oem-6.17 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.14 Package: linux-oracle-6.17 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-6.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-realtime-6.14 Package: linux-realtime-6.17 Package: linux-realtime-6.8 Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.14 Package: linux-riscv-6.17 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-riscv-6.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Azure Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

net: gro: properly validate BIG TCP aggregation criteria

When GRO attempts to aggregate packets beyond GRO_LEGACY_MAX_SIZE (64KB),
BIG TCP should only be permitted for plain IPv4 TCP and plain IPv6 TCP
(with sufficient MAC header room to insert the temporary HBH jumbo header).

However, commit b1a78b9b9886 ("net: add support for ipv4 big tcp")
loosened the check in skb_gro_receive(), leading to several issues:

1. skb_gro_receive() checked skb_headroom(p) instead of the actual space
before the MAC header (p->mac_header). Because skb_headroom(p) includes
mac_len, crafted frames (e.g. injected via AF_PACKET) can pass the check
with p->mac_header < 8 bytes. When ipv6_gro_complete() inserts the
temporary HBH jumbo header, the memmove() starts before skb->head,
causing an out-of-bounds write and wrapping skb->mac_header.
2. It allowed non-IP protocols such as software VLAN (ETH_P_8021Q /
ETH_P_8021AD) to aggregate beyond 64KB because
p->protocol != ETH_P_IPV6 was true.
3. It checked p->encapsulation instead of NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->encap_mark,
allowing encapsulated flows (e.g. SIT / IPv6-in-IPv4) to aggregate
beyond 64KB.

Fix skb_gro_receive() to strictly enforce:
- NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->proto == IPPROTO_TCP
- Not encapsulated (!NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->encap_mark && !p->encapsulation)
- Protocol must be either ETH_P_IP or ETH_P_IPV6
- If ETH_P_IPV6, p->mac_header must be at least
sizeof(struct hop_jumbo_hdr)

Returning -E2BIG from skb_gro_receive() ensures that packets which cannot
become BIG TCP are cleanly flushed at <= 64KB and delivered intact without
dropping.

This issue does not exist in mainline (7.0+) because the subsystem was
rewritten in commit 81be30c1f5f2 ("net/ipv6: Drop HBH for BIG TCP on RX
side"), making this fix relevant only for older stable branches like
6.18.y.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.19 6.1.185

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 7.0.3-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.107-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.187-1 —
Debian 12 linux-6.12 6.12.107-1~deb12u1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 24.04 LTS linux-bluefield No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux +43 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 6.8.0-1038.42 USN-9002-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +42 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-64kb +7 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4706-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1.150700.17.47.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4706-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.138.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4660-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.138.1.150600.12.64.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4660-1
Show 9 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 kernel-64kb +8 6.12.0-160000.39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24235-1
SLES for SAP 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.39.1.160000.2.26 SUSE-SU-2026:24235-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.138.1.150600.12.64.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4660-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 kernel-docs +4 6.4.0-150600.23.138.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4660-1
SLES 16.0 kernel-64kb +8 6.12.0-160000.39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24235-1, SUSE-SU-2026:24197-1
SLES 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.39.1.160000.2.26 SUSE-SU-2026:24235-1
SLE Micro 6.2 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.39.1.160000.2.26 SUSE-SU-2026:24184-1
SLE Micro 6.2 kernel-rt +5 6.12.0-160000.39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24184-1, SUSE-SU-2026:24179-1
SLE Micro 6.2 podman 5.4.2-160000.6.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24182-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-159998.53.1.159998.21.38 SUSE-SU-2026:24181-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +4 6.4.0-159998.53.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24182-1, SUSE-SU-2026:24181-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-159998.53.1.159998.21.38 SUSE-SU-2026:24315-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +4 6.4.0-159998.53.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24316-1, SUSE-SU-2026:24315-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-default 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4706-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_21 1-150700.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4640-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_22 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4706-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.138.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4660-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_32 1-150600.13.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4660-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 kernel-rt +2 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4640-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.39.1.160000.2.25 openSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 kernel-rt +11 6.12.0-160000.39.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.186-228.374 +2 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3196, ALAS2023-2026-3139, ALAS2023-2026-2143
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +11 1:6.1.186-228.374.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-2143
Amazon Linux 2023 perf6.12 +11 1:6.12.110-135.201.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3196
Amazon Linux 2023 perf6.18 +12 1:6.18.48-107.148.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3139

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 kernel-uek +34 6.12.0-207.111.5.1.el10uek ELSA-2026-500374

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