CVE-2026-98288

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: stmmac: fix TSO header length truncation stmmac_tso_xmit() stores the protocol header length returned by stmmac_tso_header_size() in a u8. stmmac_tso_valid_packet() admits headers up to 1023 bytes, so a header longer than 255 bytes wraps modulo 256 (486 becomes 230, 256 becomes 0). A TCP over IPv6 socket carrying a few hundred bytes of sticky destination/hop-by-hop options makes skb_tcp_all_headers() exceed 255 while staying below the 1023-byte limit, so such an skb reaches stmmac_tso_xmit(). Widen proto_hdr_len to unsigned int, which is sufficient since the value is bounded by the hardware limit, and adjust the debug print specifier accordingly.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-10-06 09:18:19.030000

Last modified

2026-10-19 10:18:30.407000

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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-98288",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-10-06T09:18:19.030",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:18:30.407",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: stmmac: fix TSO header length truncation\n\nstmmac_tso_xmit() stores the protocol header length returned by\nstmmac_tso_header_size() in a u8. stmmac_tso_valid_packet() admits\nheaders up to 1023 bytes, so a header longer than 255 bytes wraps modulo\n256 (486 becomes 230, 256 becomes 0).\n\nA TCP over IPv6 socket carrying a few hundred bytes of sticky\ndestination/hop-by-hop options makes skb_tcp_all_headers() exceed 255\nwhile staying below the 1023-byte limit, so such an skb reaches\nstmmac_tso_xmit().\n\nWiden proto_hdr_len to unsigned int, which is sufficient since the value\nis bounded by the hardware limit, and adjust the debug print specifier\naccordingly."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "9edfa7dab8112a012b349b7937f5444fdc21e8f9",
              "lessThan": "bcf6013c2b4d732c6e4bf4d0f6ae4a18d63d414b",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "9edfa7dab8112a012b349b7937f5444fdc21e8f9",
              "lessThan": "15989abd74f16f44bf953d056b95f1d2fda9b0cd",
              "versionType": "git",
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            }
          ]
        },
        {
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          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "4.13",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "0",
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              "versionType": "semver",
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            },
            {
              "version": "7.2.8",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "7.3",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
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            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {},
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15989abd74f16f44bf953d056b95f1d2fda9b0cd",
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcf6013c2b4d732c6e4bf4d0f6ae4a18d63d414b",
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}