UNKNOWN NVD
CVE-2026-72502
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, i
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".
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21f69ac1879bb970588d5e7c12a96e6542f7c1a7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bf43d0e2e6a27d52a7d624e2d6b9116972e8a22
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/560b33b434e922ef97f9ff23aa2e909ef7aacd5c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/572fff10819dfc359298d1f774839e76a4d96f93
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e6214a530c03e341dc1b0a846c8f2b716b3551a
This unknown severity vulnerability was published on 2026-08-15 via NVD.
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