Critical severity · published Aug 15, 2026
CVE-2026-72351
gue: validate REMCSUM private option length
9.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
gue: validate REMCSUM private option length
GUE private flags can indicate that remote checksum offload metadata is
present. The private flags field itself is accounted for by
guehdr_flags_len(), but guehdr_priv_flags_len() currently returns 0 even
when GUE_PFLAG_REMCSUM is set.
This lets a packet with only the private flags field pass
validate_gue_flags(), after which gue_remcsum() and gue_gro_remcsum()
read the missing REMCSUM start/offset fields from the following bytes.
Account for GUE_PLEN_REMCSUM when GUE_PFLAG_REMCSUM is present so that
malformed packets are rejected during option validation.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 55% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
c1aa8347e73e4092411fbd96cc59531fb7e76d04 before 158b9995d3c87f3b93f5c22df54a12e12a3438b3; c1aa8347e73e4092411fbd96cc59531fb7e76d04 before 7c6876ec1b227261b51803f784c7be1b2242a1a0; c1aa8347e73e4092411fbd96cc59531fb7e76d04 before 2c4de9988e9ddc760b750d6b6e701c35ff60ad14; c1aa8347e73e4092411fbd96cc59531fb7e76d04 before 2a99224c120823987e4d829726f4ecb33e03fc1e; c1aa8347e73e4092411fbd96cc59531fb7e76d04 before 61e78679c7c9ca685bff58e4b6348304dc60aafd; c1aa8347e73e4092411fbd96cc59531fb7e76d04 before 4a4a1d41c6e901e773bcf795f562a47fa71f692a; +3 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72351
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72351
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/158b9995d3c87f3b93f5c22df54a12e12a3438b3
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a99224c120823987e4d829726f4ecb33e03fc1e
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c4de9988e9ddc760b750d6b6e701c35ff60ad14
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a4a1d41c6e901e773bcf795f562a47fa71f692a
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61e78679c7c9ca685bff58e4b6348304dc60aafd
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c6876ec1b227261b51803f784c7be1b2242a1a0
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