CVE-2025-21926

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2025-04-01. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.5
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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

net: gso: fix ownership in __udp_gso_segment

In __udp_gso_segment the skb destructor is removed before segmenting the skb but the socket reference is kept as-is. This is an issue if the original skb is later orphaned as we can hit the following bug:

kernel BUG at ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3312! (skb_orphan) RIP: 0010:ip_rcv_core+0x8b2/0xca0 Call Trace: ip_rcv+0xab/0x6e0 __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x168/0x1b0 process_backlog+0x384/0x1100 __napi_poll.constprop.0+0xa1/0x370 net_rx_action+0x925/0xe50

The above can happen following a sequence of events when using OpenVSwitch, when an OVS_ACTION_ATTR_USERSPACE action precedes an OVS_ACTION_ATTR_OUTPUT action:

  • OVS_ACTION_ATTR_USERSPACE is handled (in do_execute_actions): the skb
goes through queue_gso_packets and then __udp_gso_segment, where its destructor is removed.
  • The segments' data are copied and sent to userspace.
  • OVS_ACTION_ATTR_OUTPUT is handled (in do_execute_actions) and the
same original skb is sent to its path.
  • If it later hits skb_orphan, we hit the bug.

Fix this by also removing the reference to the socket in __udp_gso_segment.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
10.1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 1, 2025

Last Modified

July 14, 2026

Advisory Details (10)

Auto-updated Jul 17, 2026
Patch available.
generic Patch Available

[SECURITY] [DLA 4193-1] linux-6.1 security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html
generic Patch Available

[SECURITY] [DLA 4178-1] linux security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html
generic

net: gso: fix ownership in __udp_gso_segment - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee01b2f2d7d0010787c2343463965bbc283a497f
generic

net: gso: fix ownership in __udp_gso_segment - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8db70537878e1bb3fd83e5abcc6feefc0587828
generic

net: gso: fix ownership in __udp_gso_segment - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c32da44cc9298eaa6109e3fc2c2b4e07cc4bf11b
generic

net: gso: fix ownership in __udp_gso_segment - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2d1cca955ed34873e524cc2e6e885450d262f05
generic

net: gso: fix ownership in __udp_gso_segment - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f28205ddb76e86cac418332e952241d85fed0dc
generic

net: gso: fix ownership in __udp_gso_segment - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/455217ac9db0cf9349b3933664355e907bb1a569
generic

net: gso: fix ownership in __udp_gso_segment - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/084819b0d8b1bd433b90142371eb9450d657f8ca
generic

net: gso: fix ownership in __udp_gso_segment - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01a83237644d6822bc7df2c5564fc81b0df84358

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-21926(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(30)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-tools-fips (5.15.0.140.80) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-fips (5.15.0.1083.73) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-18.04-edge (5.4.0.216.236~18.04.1) @ bionic2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-ibm-edge (5.4.0.1092.97~18.04.1) @ bionic2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-aws-fips (5.15.0.1084.80) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-edge (5.4.0.1144.154~18.04.1) @ bionic2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-edge (5.15.0.1083.92~20.04.1) @ focal2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-18.04-edge (5.4.0.216.208) @ focal2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-fips (5.4.0.1120.117) @ focal2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-aws-edge (5.15.0.1084.91~20.04.1) @ focal2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-20.04-edge (5.15.0.140.135) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-fips (5.4.0.1149.91) @ focal2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fips (5.4.0.1151.88) @ focal2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp-tools-5.4.0-1064 (5.4.0-1064.68) @ focal2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-tegra-rt (5.15.0.1037.37) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-lts-22.04 (5.15.0.1083.79) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-realtime (5.15.0.1084.88) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fips (5.15.0.1089.74) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi2-hwe-18.04-edge (5.4.0.1129.160) @ focal2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-kvm (5.4.0.1133.129) @ focal2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-22.04-edge (6.8.0-84.84~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-ibm-lts-20.04 (5.4.0.1092.121) @ focal2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-hwe-18.04-edge (5.4.0.1129.142~18.04.1) @ bionic2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-6.11 (6.11.0-1018.18) @ oracular2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gke-5.15 (5.15.0.1081.80) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-bluefield (5.4.0.1105.101) @ focal2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-nolpae (5.15.0.1078.76) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-realtime-6.8.1 (6.8.1-1034.35) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
redhatkernel-0:6.12.0-55.16.1.el10_02025-06-09redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-570.21.1.el9_62025-06-09redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(24)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 47× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-23 02:50 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-22 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
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  15. 2026-07-14 13:19 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 5.5 · severity → MEDIUM
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  65. 2026-05-30 08:26 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-05-30 08:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-21926?
CVE-2025-21926 is a medium vulnerability published on April 1, 2025. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: gso: fix ownership in udpgsosegment In udpgsosegment the skb destructor is removed before segmenting the skb but the socket reference is kept as-is. This is an issue if the original skb is later orphaned as we can hit the…
When was CVE-2025-21926 disclosed?
CVE-2025-21926 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 1, 2025, with the most recent update on July 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-21926 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-21926 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 10.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-21926?
CVE-2025-21926 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-21926?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-21926, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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