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        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2026-09-25T10:25:14.376Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-10-18T15:51:02.683Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T09:26:48.042Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: gso: limit recursive IP-in-IP segmentation\n\nIP-in-IP GSO can re-enter inet_gso_segment() or ipv6_gso_segment()\nfor each nested IP header. encap_level tracks header bytes, not callback\ndepth, so a deep chain can exhaust the kernel stack. Making\ninet_gso_segment() stackable introduced unbounded IPv4 nesting; IPIP\nGSO/TSO later made the path reachable. The IPv6 stackable path was\nintroduced separately and uses the same guard.\n\nCount IPv4 and IPv6 GSO handler entries in skb_gso_cb, initialized once\nper top-level GSO operation and preserved across GRE/UDP context changes.\nUse the existing IP_TUNNEL_RECURSION_LIMIT for both handlers. The first\nfive entries pass, and the sixth returns -EINVAL before dispatching\nanother GSO callback."
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                        "net/ipv4/af_inet.c",
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