{"cve":"CVE-2025-38572","nvd":{"published":"2025-08-19T17:15:34.117","modified":"2026-07-30T06:23:27.373","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipv6: reject malicious packets in ipv6_gso_segment()\n\nsyzbot was able to craft a packet with very long IPv6 extension headers\nleading to an overflow of skb->transport_header.\n\nThis 16bit field has a limited range.\n\nAdd skb_reset_transport_header_careful() helper and use it\nfrom ipv6_gso_segment()\n\nWARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5871 at ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3032 skb_reset_transport_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3032 [inline]\nWARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5871 at ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3032 ipv6_gso_segment+0x15e2/0x21e0 net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c:151\nModules linked in:\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5871 Comm: syz-executor211 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc6-syzkaller-g7abc678e3084 #0 PREEMPT(full)\nHardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025\n RIP: 0010:skb_reset_transport_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3032 [inline]\n RIP: 0010:ipv6_gso_segment+0x15e2/0x21e0 net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c:151\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n  skb_mac_gso_segment+0x31c/0x640 net/core/gso.c:53\n  nsh_gso_segment+0x54a/0xe10 net/nsh/nsh.c:110\n  skb_mac_gso_segment+0x31c/0x640 net/core/gso.c:53\n  __skb_gso_segment+0x342/0x510 net/core/gso.c:124\n  skb_gso_segment include/net/gso.h:83 [inline]\n  validate_xmit_skb+0x857/0x11b0 net/core/dev.c:3950\n  validate_xmit_skb_list+0x84/0x120 net/core/dev.c:4000\n  sch_direct_xmit+0xd3/0x4b0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:329\n  __dev_xmit_skb net/core/dev.c:4102 [inline]\n  __dev_queue_xmit+0x17b6/0x3a70 net/core/dev.c:4679","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09ff062b89d8e48165247d677d1ca23d6d607e9b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f638e0b28bde7c3354a0df938ab3a96739455d1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5489e7fc6f8be3062f8cb7e49406de4bfd94db67","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/573b8250fc2554761db3bc2bbdbab23789d52d4e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dc60b2a00ed7629214ac0c48e43f40af2078703"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:06:45.861874017+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38572","score":0.00192,"percentile":0.089,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}