In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: do not allow gso_size to be set to GSO_BY_FRAGS

One missing check in virtio_net_hdr_to_skb() allowed
syzbot to crash kernels again [1]

Do not allow gso_size to be set to GSO_BY_FRAGS (0xffff),
because this magic value is used by the kernel.

[1]
general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc000000000e: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000070-0x0000000000000077]
CPU: 0 PID: 5039 Comm: syz-executor401 Not tainted 6.5.0-rc5-next-20230809-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/26/2023
RIP: 0010:skb_segment+0x1a52/0x3ef0 net/core/skbuff.c:4500
Code: 00 00 00 e9 ab eb ff ff e8 6b 96 5d f9 48 8b 84 24 00 01 00 00 48 8d 78 70 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 <0f> b6 04 02 84 c0 74 08 3c 03 0f 8e ea 21 00 00 48 8b 84 24 00 01
RSP: 0018:ffffc90003d3f1c8 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 000000000001fffe RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 000000000000000e RSI: ffffffff882a3115 RDI: 0000000000000070
RBP: ffffc90003d3f378 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 000000000000ffff
R10: 000000000000ffff R11: 5ee4a93e456187d6 R12: 000000000001ffc6
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000008 R15: 000000000000ffff
FS: 00005555563f2380(0000) GS:ffff8880b9800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000020020000 CR3: 000000001626d000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
<TASK>
udp6_ufo_fragment+0x9d2/0xd50 net/ipv6/udp_offload.c:109
ipv6_gso_segment+0x5c4/0x17b0 net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c:120
skb_mac_gso_segment+0x292/0x610 net/core/gso.c:53
__skb_gso_segment+0x339/0x710 net/core/gso.c:124
skb_gso_segment include/net/gso.h:83 [inline]
validate_xmit_skb+0x3a5/0xf10 net/core/dev.c:3625
__dev_queue_xmit+0x8f0/0x3d60 net/core/dev.c:4329
dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3082 [inline]
packet_xmit+0x257/0x380 net/packet/af_packet.c:276
packet_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:3087 [inline]
packet_sendmsg+0x24c7/0x5570 net/packet/af_packet.c:3119
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:727 [inline]
sock_sendmsg+0xd9/0x180 net/socket.c:750
____sys_sendmsg+0x6ac/0x940 net/socket.c:2496
___sys_sendmsg+0x135/0x1d0 net/socket.c:2550
__sys_sendmsg+0x117/0x1e0 net/socket.c:2579
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x38/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
RIP: 0033:0x7ff27cdb34d9

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00036.

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Linux Linux unaffected
Version Status Constraints
3953c46c3ac7eef31a9935427371c6f54a22f1ba affected < a5f9e5804d239d288d983db36bbed45ed10729a0
3953c46c3ac7eef31a9935427371c6f54a22f1ba affected < 4c9bfadb4301daaceb6c575fa6ad3bc82c152e79
3953c46c3ac7eef31a9935427371c6f54a22f1ba affected < 210ff31342ade546d8d9d0ec4d3cf9cb50ae632d
3953c46c3ac7eef31a9935427371c6f54a22f1ba affected < 0a593e8a9d24360fbc469c5897d0791aa2f20ed3
3953c46c3ac7eef31a9935427371c6f54a22f1ba affected < 578371ce0d7f67ea1e65817c04478aaab0d36b68
3953c46c3ac7eef31a9935427371c6f54a22f1ba affected < 2e03a92b241102aaf490439aa1b00239f84f530f
3953c46c3ac7eef31a9935427371c6f54a22f1ba affected < e3636862f5595b3d2f02650f7b21d39043a34f3e
3953c46c3ac7eef31a9935427371c6f54a22f1ba affected < b616be6b97688f2f2bd7c4a47ab32f27f94fb2a9
Linux Linux affected
Version Status Constraints
4.8 affected —
0 unaffected < 4.8
4.14.324 unaffected ≤ 4.14.*
4.19.293 unaffected ≤ 4.19.*
5.4.255 unaffected ≤ 5.4.*
5.10.192 unaffected ≤ 5.10.*
5.15.128 unaffected ≤ 5.15.*
6.1.47 unaffected ≤ 6.1.*
6.4.12 unaffected ≤ 6.4.*
6.5 unaffected ≤ *

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c9bfadb4301daaceb6c575fa6ad3bc82c152e79 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/578371ce0d7f67ea1e65817c04478aaab0d36b68 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5f9e5804d239d288d983db36bbed45ed10729a0 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b616be6b97688f2f2bd7c4a47ab32f27f94fb2a9 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3636862f5595b3d2f02650f7b21d39043a34f3e cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025122425-CVE-2023-54051-b704@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-54051 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-54051 cve-icon
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Thu, 25 Dec 2025 12:15:00 +0000

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{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

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Wed, 24 Dec 2025 12:45:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: do not allow gso_size to be set to GSO_BY_FRAGS One missing check in virtio_net_hdr_to_skb() allowed syzbot to crash kernels again [1] Do not allow gso_size to be set to GSO_BY_FRAGS (0xffff), because this magic value is used by the kernel. [1] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc000000000e: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000070-0x0000000000000077] CPU: 0 PID: 5039 Comm: syz-executor401 Not tainted 6.5.0-rc5-next-20230809-syzkaller #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/26/2023 RIP: 0010:skb_segment+0x1a52/0x3ef0 net/core/skbuff.c:4500 Code: 00 00 00 e9 ab eb ff ff e8 6b 96 5d f9 48 8b 84 24 00 01 00 00 48 8d 78 70 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 <0f> b6 04 02 84 c0 74 08 3c 03 0f 8e ea 21 00 00 48 8b 84 24 00 01 RSP: 0018:ffffc90003d3f1c8 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 000000000001fffe RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 000000000000000e RSI: ffffffff882a3115 RDI: 0000000000000070 RBP: ffffc90003d3f378 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 000000000000ffff R10: 000000000000ffff R11: 5ee4a93e456187d6 R12: 000000000001ffc6 R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000008 R15: 000000000000ffff FS: 00005555563f2380(0000) GS:ffff8880b9800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000020020000 CR3: 000000001626d000 CR4: 00000000003506f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> udp6_ufo_fragment+0x9d2/0xd50 net/ipv6/udp_offload.c:109 ipv6_gso_segment+0x5c4/0x17b0 net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c:120 skb_mac_gso_segment+0x292/0x610 net/core/gso.c:53 __skb_gso_segment+0x339/0x710 net/core/gso.c:124 skb_gso_segment include/net/gso.h:83 [inline] validate_xmit_skb+0x3a5/0xf10 net/core/dev.c:3625 __dev_queue_xmit+0x8f0/0x3d60 net/core/dev.c:4329 dev_queue_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:3082 [inline] packet_xmit+0x257/0x380 net/packet/af_packet.c:276 packet_snd net/packet/af_packet.c:3087 [inline] packet_sendmsg+0x24c7/0x5570 net/packet/af_packet.c:3119 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:727 [inline] sock_sendmsg+0xd9/0x180 net/socket.c:750 ____sys_sendmsg+0x6ac/0x940 net/socket.c:2496 ___sys_sendmsg+0x135/0x1d0 net/socket.c:2550 __sys_sendmsg+0x117/0x1e0 net/socket.c:2579 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x38/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd RIP: 0033:0x7ff27cdb34d9
Title net: do not allow gso_size to be set to GSO_BY_FRAGS
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-24T12:23:01.043Z

Reserved: 2025-12-24T12:21:05.090Z

Link: CVE-2023-54051

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-24T13:16:06.770

Modified: 2025-12-29T15:58:34.503

Link: CVE-2023-54051

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-12-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-54051 - Bugzilla

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