CVE-2026-43036CWE-908

CVE-2026-43036

Medium · published May 1, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

net: use skb_header_pointer() for TCPv4 GSO frag_off check

Syzbot reported a KMSAN uninit-value warning in gso_features_check()

called from netif_skb_features() [1].

gso_features_check() reads iph->frag_off to decide whether to clear

mangleid_features. Accessing the IPv4 header via ip_hdr()/inner_ip_hdr()

can rely on skb header offsets that are not always safe for direct

dereference on packets injected from PF_PACKET paths.

Use skb_header_pointer() for the TCPv4 frag_off check so the header read

is robust whether data is already linear or needs copying.

[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=1543a7d954d9c6d00407

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00122 · 1.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-908 · Use of Uninitialized Resource
Published
2026-05-01T19:16Z
Affected products (9)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 4.7, < 6.12.816.12.81
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.18.226.18.22
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 6.19.126.19.12
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References (5)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 MAY 14:15Z
    net: use skb_header_pointer() for TCPv4 GSO frag_off check
    cvelistv5