7.5

CVE-2026-72502

tcp: ipv6: clamp default adverting MSS to avoid GSO_BY_FRAGS (0xFFFF)

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

tcp: ipv6: clamp default adverting MSS to avoid GSO_BY_FRAGS (0xFFFF)

When MTU is large, ip6_default_advmss() can return IPV6_MAXPLEN (65535).
This is interpreted by TCP as mss_clamp, allowing the MSS to reach 65535.

However, 0xFFFF is also used as a magic value GSO_BY_FRAGS in the kernel.
If a TCP packet with gso_size=0xFFFF is passed to skb_segment(), it will
be mistakenly treated as GSO_BY_FRAGS, leading to a NULL pointer
dereference because local TCP packets do not use frag_list.

Fix this by returning min(IPV6_MAXPLEN, GSO_BY_FRAGS - 1) (65534) from
ip6_default_advmss() when MTU is large.

Also update the stale comment in ip6_default_advmss() which suggested
that IPV6_MAXPLEN is returned to mean "any MSS".
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HerstellerLinux
Produkt Linux
Default Statusunaffected
Version 3953c46c3ac7eef31a9935427371c6f54a22f1ba
Version < 560b33b434e922ef97f9ff23aa2e909ef7aacd5c
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Version 3953c46c3ac7eef31a9935427371c6f54a22f1ba
Version < 21f69ac1879bb970588d5e7c12a96e6542f7c1a7
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Version 3953c46c3ac7eef31a9935427371c6f54a22f1ba
Version < c0db3dc2ac323b6c4b76adede3b355a9daa6dea8
Status affected
Version 3953c46c3ac7eef31a9935427371c6f54a22f1ba
Version < 572fff10819dfc359298d1f774839e76a4d96f93
Status affected
Version 3953c46c3ac7eef31a9935427371c6f54a22f1ba
Version < 8e6214a530c03e341dc1b0a846c8f2b716b3551a
Status affected
Version 3953c46c3ac7eef31a9935427371c6f54a22f1ba
Version < d774cdbda6634a78d0f2baf201ee5a8c57f3bc0e
Status affected
Version 3953c46c3ac7eef31a9935427371c6f54a22f1ba
Version < a210791f33345aa87187f7d7a9f3b9b7f4a28e6d
Status affected
Version 3953c46c3ac7eef31a9935427371c6f54a22f1ba
Version < 2bf43d0e2e6a27d52a7d624e2d6b9116972e8a22
Status affected
HerstellerLinux
Produkt Linux
Default Statusaffected
Version 4.8
Status affected
Version 0
Version < 4.8
Status unaffected
Version <= 5.10.*
Version 5.10.261
Status unaffected
Version <= 5.15.*
Version 5.15.212
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.1.*
Version 6.1.178
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.6.*
Version 6.6.145
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.12.*
Version 6.12.97
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.18.*
Version 6.18.40
Status unaffected
Version <= 7.1.*
Version 7.1.5
Status unaffected
Version <= *
Version 7.2
Status unaffected
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Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.69% 0.496
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 7.5 3.9 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/560b33b434e922ef97f9ff23aa2e909ef7aacd5c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21f69ac1879bb970588d5e7c12a96e6542f7c1a7
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0db3dc2ac323b6c4b76adede3b355a9daa6dea8
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/572fff10819dfc359298d1f774839e76a4d96f93
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e6214a530c03e341dc1b0a846c8f2b716b3551a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d774cdbda6634a78d0f2baf201ee5a8c57f3bc0e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a210791f33345aa87187f7d7a9f3b9b7f4a28e6d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bf43d0e2e6a27d52a7d624e2d6b9116972e8a22