# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-68123"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-08-10T11:58:43.727Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-19T20:58:51.936Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z"
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-2026-68123"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-68123.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68123"
title: "openvswitch: fix GSO userspace truncation underflow"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nopenvswitch: fix GSO userspace truncation underflow\n\nOVS_ACTION_ATTR_TRUNC currently stores a delta from the original skb\nlength in OVS_CB(skb)-\u003ecutlen. When a later userspace action segments a\nGSO skb, queue_gso_packets() reuses that delta for each smaller segment.\nA segment can then reach queue_userspace_packet() with cutlen greater\nthan skb-\u003elen, underflowing the length passed to skb_zerocopy().\n\nStore the maximum preserved length instead and bound each consumer\nagainst the current skb length. Use U32_MAX as the no-truncation\nsentinel so the value remains valid if skb geometry changes before a\nconsumer handles it."
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