{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-68123","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-07-30T09:28:09.369Z","datePublished":"2026-08-10T11:58:43.727Z","dateUpdated":"2026-08-19T16:29:34.391Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-08-19T16:29:34.391Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nopenvswitch: fix GSO userspace truncation underflow\n\nOVS_ACTION_ATTR_TRUNC currently stores a delta from the original skb\nlength in OVS_CB(skb)->cutlen. When a later userspace action segments a\nGSO skb, queue_gso_packets() reuses that delta for each smaller segment.\nA segment can then reach queue_userspace_packet() with cutlen greater\nthan skb->len, underflowing the length passed to skb_zerocopy().\n\nStore the maximum preserved length instead and bound each consumer\nagainst the current skb length. Use U32_MAX as the no-truncation\nsentinel so the value remains valid if skb geometry changes before a\nconsumer handles it."}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":9.8,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL"},"scenarios":[{"lang":"en","value":"AV:N - Ingress packets reach ovs_vport_receive() through netdev rx_handlers or tunnel vports; GRO-coalesced GSO skbs from remote senders traverse this path into queue_gso_packets(), so the underflow is reachable from the network without physical access.\nAC:L - The attacker chooses truncation max_len relative to GSO super-skb size and sends traffic that GRO segments predictably; no timing race or fragile heap layout is required to make cutlen exceed a child segment length after __skb_gso_segment().\nPR:N - In multi-tenant cloud/OVN deployments, a remote VM or container can send crafted GSO traffic into the host OVS datapath to hit provider-installed TRUNC+USERSPACE sampling flows without possessing any Linux capabilities on the host.\nUI:N - Triggering the flaw requires only network traffic matching existing OVS flow actions; no victim login, file open, mount, or other interactive step is needed.\nS:U - Impact is kernel memory corruption and crash/escalation within the host kernel security domain; it does not cross a guest-to-hypervisor, VM, or hardware IOMMU trust boundary by itself.\nC:H - Unsigned underflow makes skb->len-cutlen enormous for skb_zerocopy()/skb_copy_bits(), enabling out-of-bounds reads from the source skb and adjacent slab data, i.e., an exploitable information-disclosure primitive.\nI:H - The same underflowed length can expand destination skbs via skb_len_add()/nlattr sizing, corrupting kernel heap metadata and yielding a write primitive suitable for control-flow hijacking.\nA:H - The miscopied lengths can BUG the skb helpers or cause immediate kernel oops/panic during zerocopy/trim handling, and corrupted metadata can crash the system even if exploitation is not 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fix GSO userspace truncation underflow","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}