CVE-2026-90063 json
virtio-net: Ensure that TCP packets don't overflow gso_segs
published 2026-09-17 52 d ago modified 2026-10-19 21 d ago also EUVD-2026-81924
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 11%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
virtio-net: Ensure that TCP packets don't overflow gso_segs
The user can specify any gso_size in a packet crafted with an AF_PACKET PACKET_VNET_HDR socket, even smaller than TCP_MIN_GSO_SIZE = 8. At the same time, GSO_MAX_SIZE = 8 * GSO_MAX_SEGS = 8 * 65535. When the user crafts a packet with gso_size < 8, there is a risk for partial GSO to overflow the 16-bit gso_segs field when dividing the SKB length by gso_size.
Adjust gso_size of TCP packets to be at least TCP_MIN_GSO_SIZE = 8. Keep gso_size of UDP GSO packets, as gso_size=1 is valid and explicitly tested at tools/testing/selftests/net/tun.c:649.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 4.15, 4.20, 5.5, 5.7, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 7.3
- linux Debian 12 6.1.190-1
- linux Debian 13 6.12.111-1
- linux Debian 14 7.2.6-1
- linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90063
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-202.212
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1119.126
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.17
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1120.130
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.18
- linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1115.121
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1113.117
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-90063
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- kernel-source openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.2.7-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11880-1
- kernel Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.157.1-1
azure linux advisories AZL-102951
Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3d111fe809773edbb4ae121e36253b7d683509a commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f6667a081887c2b59c6f3dd86c1789ada563762 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/339f47ae04dcc6b5a730dd6bc70dddc8937c3260 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/29bd12c7c5f9d6cf855b87bace18f71e9607f9e8 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e5ed3b98d1d8d251acfdccfeaa607453ad12954 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/75c271c48f483af678e514734e10b2452410e08c commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c27c449d455aafd9018a3cbab150f1c42c87923f commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-90063 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: virtio-net: Ensure that TCP packets don't overflow gso_segs
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9not affected: vulnerable code not present
+1 more productsfewer
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/d3d111fe809773edbb4ae121e36253b7d683509a
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/8f6667a081887c2b59c6f3dd86c1789ada563762
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/339f47ae04dcc6b5a730dd6bc70dddc8937c3260
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/29bd12c7c5f9d6cf855b87bace18f71e9607f9e8
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/0e5ed3b98d1d8d251acfdccfeaa607453ad12954
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/75c271c48f483af678e514734e10b2452410e08c
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/c27c449d455aafd9018a3cbab150f1c42c87923f
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-90063
- NVD CVE-2026-90063
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