CVE-2025-21926
Published: Apr 1, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: gso: fix ownership in __udp_gso_segment In __udp_gso_segment the skb destructor is removed before segmenting the skb but the socket reference is kept as-is. This is an issue if the original skb is later orphaned as we can hit the following bug: kernel BUG at ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3312! (skb_orphan) RIP: 0010:ip_rcv_core+0x8b2/0xca0 Call Trace: ip_rcv+0xab/0x6e0 __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x168/0x1b0 process_backlog+0x384/0x1100 __napi_poll.constprop.0+0xa1/0x370 net_rx_action+0x925/0xe50 The above can happen following a sequence of events when using OpenVSwitch, when an OVS_ACTION_ATTR_USERSPACE action precedes an OVS_ACTION_ATTR_OUTPUT action: 1. OVS_ACTION_ATTR_USERSPACE is handled (in do_execute_actions): the skb goes through queue_gso_packets and then __udp_gso_segment, where its destructor is removed. 2. The segments' data are copied and sent to userspace. 3. OVS_ACTION_ATTR_OUTPUT is handled (in do_execute_actions) and the same original skb is sent to its path. 4. If it later hits skb_orphan, we hit the bug. Fix this by also removing the reference to the socket in __udp_gso_segment.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected ad405857b174ed31a97982bb129c320d03321cf5 - < 9f28205ddb76e86cac418332e952241d85fed0dcaffected ad405857b174ed31a97982bb129c320d03321cf5 - < a2d1cca955ed34873e524cc2e6e885450d262f05affected ad405857b174ed31a97982bb129c320d03321cf5 - < 455217ac9db0cf9349b3933664355e907bb1a569affected ad405857b174ed31a97982bb129c320d03321cf5 - < e8db70537878e1bb3fd83e5abcc6feefc0587828affected ad405857b174ed31a97982bb129c320d03321cf5 - < 01a83237644d6822bc7df2c5564fc81b0df84358+3 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 4.18unaffected 0 - < 4.18unaffected 5.4.291 - <= 5.4.*unaffected 5.10.235 - <= 5.10.*unaffected 5.15.179 - <= 5.15.*+5 more versions |
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