High severity · published May 1, 2026
CVE-2026-43057
net: correctly handle tunneled traffic on IPV6_CSUM GSO fallback
7.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: correctly handle tunneled traffic on IPV6_CSUM GSO fallback
NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM only advertises support for checksum offload of
packets without IPv6 extension headers. Packets with extension
headers must fall back onto software checksumming. Since TSO
depends on checksum offload, those must revert to GSO.
The below commit introduces that fallback. It always checks
network header length. For tunneled packets, the inner header length
must be checked instead. Extend the check accordingly.
A special case is tunneled packets without inner IP protocol. Such as
RFC 6951 SCTP in UDP. Those are not standard IPv6 followed by
transport header either, so also must revert to the software GSO path.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 38% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
6.1.149 before 6.1.168; 6.6.103 before 6.6.134; 6.12.44 before 6.12.81; 6.16.4 before 6.17; after 6.17.1 before 6.18.22; 6.19 before 6.19.12; +11 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
a0478d7e888028f85fa7785ea838ce0ca09398e2 before 2094a7cf91b71367b649f991aacc7b579f793d0b; 2156d9e9f2e483c8c3906c0ea57ea312c1424235 before ed71cf465c75f5688b07a35d373cd1d6b589c8ea; 041e2f945f82fdbd6fff577b79c33469430297aa before 33670f780e0120c3dacda188c512bbffe0b6044c; 864e3396976ef41de6cc7bc366276bf4e084fff2 before a98b78116a27e2a57b696b569b2cb431c95cf9b6; 864e3396976ef41de6cc7bc366276bf4e084fff2 before 732fdeb2987c94b439d51f5cb9addddc2fc48c42; 864e3396976ef41de6cc7bc366276bf4e084fff2 before c4336a07eb6b2526dc2b62928b5104b41a7f81f5; +6 more · source: vendor
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.6; V3.1.5; V3.1.7; V3.1.6; V3.1.5; V3.1.7 · source: CISA
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.6; V3.1.5; V3.1.7; V3.1.6; V3.1.5; V3.1.7 · source: CISA
SS
SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · Siemens
V3.1.6; V3.1.5; V3.1.7 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43057
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43057
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2094a7cf91b71367b649f991aacc7b579f793d0b
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33670f780e0120c3dacda188c512bbffe0b6044c
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/732fdeb2987c94b439d51f5cb9addddc2fc48c42
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a98b78116a27e2a57b696b569b2cb431c95cf9b6
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4336a07eb6b2526dc2b62928b5104b41a7f81f5
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed71cf465c75f5688b07a35d373cd1d6b589c8ea
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