{"cve":"CVE-2026-72351","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:22:08.520","modified":"2026-10-16T19:17:25.047","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngue: validate REMCSUM private option length\n\nGUE private flags can indicate that remote checksum offload metadata is\npresent. The private flags field itself is accounted for by\nguehdr_flags_len(), but guehdr_priv_flags_len() currently returns 0 even\nwhen GUE_PFLAG_REMCSUM is set.\n\nThis lets a packet with only the private flags field pass\nvalidate_gue_flags(), after which gue_remcsum() and gue_gro_remcsum()\nread the missing REMCSUM start/offset fields from the following bytes.\n\nAccount for GUE_PLEN_REMCSUM when GUE_PFLAG_REMCSUM is present so that\nmalformed packets are rejected during option validation.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/158b9995d3c87f3b93f5c22df54a12e12a3438b3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a99224c120823987e4d829726f4ecb33e03fc1e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c4de9988e9ddc760b750d6b6e701c35ff60ad14","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a4a1d41c6e901e773bcf795f562a47fa71f692a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61e78679c7c9ca685bff58e4b6348304dc60aafd"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:48:17.459049833+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-72351","score":0.00745,"percentile":0.5451,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}