CVE-2025-38572 ipv6: reject malicious packets in ipv6_gso_segment()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: reject malicious packets in ipv6gsosegment syzbot was able to craft a packet with very long IPv6 extension headers leading to an overflow of skb-transportheader. This 16bit field has a limited range. Add...

CVE-2025-38572

CVE-2025-38572 affects the Linux kernel IPv6 path, where an attacker could craft IPv6 extension headers to overflow skb->transport_header via ipv6_gso_segment() when processing very long headers. The root cause is related to the 16-bit transport header field handling, with a suggested fix addi...

CVE-2025-38572 ipv6: reject malicious packets in ipv6_gso_segment()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: reject malicious packets in ipv6gsosegment syzbot was able to craft a packet with very long IPv6 extension headers leading to an overflow of skb-transportheader. This 16bit field has a limited range. Add...