# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-23154"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-02-14T16:01:21.758Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-19T18:25:33.706Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:02.025Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-23154"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-23154.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23154"
title: "net: fix segmentation of forwarding fraglist GRO"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: fix segmentation of forwarding fraglist GRO\n\nThis patch enhances GSO segment handling by properly checking\nthe SKB_GSO_DODGY flag for frag_list GSO packets, addressing\nlow throughput issues observed when a station accesses IPv4\nservers via hotspots with an IPv6-only upstream interface.\n\nSpecifically, it fixes a bug in GSO segmentation when forwarding\nGRO packets containing a frag_list. The function skb_segment_list\ncannot correctly process GRO skbs that have been converted by XLAT,\nsince XLAT only translates the header of the head skb. Consequently,\nskbs in the frag_list may remain untranslated, resulting in protocol\ninconsistencies and reduced throughput.\n\nTo address this, the patch explicitly sets the SKB_GSO_DODGY flag\nfor GSO packets in XLAT's IPv4/IPv6 protocol translation helpers\n(bpf_skb_proto_4_to_6 and bpf_skb_proto_6_to_4). This marks GSO\npackets as potentially modified after protocol translation. As a\nresult, GSO segmentation will avoid using skb_segment_list and\ninstead falls back to skb_segment for packets with the SKB_GSO_DODGY\nflag. This ensures that only safe and fully translated frag_list\npackets are processed by skb_segment_list, resolving protocol\ninconsistencies and improving throughput when forwarding GRO packets\nconverted by XLAT."
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