CVE-2026-68296 (GCVE-0-2026-68296)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 12:02 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:02
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Title
net: gre: fix lltx regression for GRE tunnels with SEQ/CSUM
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: gre: fix lltx regression for GRE tunnels with SEQ/CSUM Before commit 00d066a4d4ed ("netdev_features: convert NETIF_F_LLTX to dev->lltx"), NETIF_F_LLTX was set unconditionally in both __gre_tunnel_init() and ip6gre_tnl_init_features() alongside GRE_FEATURES: dev->features |= GRE_FEATURES | NETIF_F_LLTX; When that commit converted NETIF_F_LLTX to the dev->lltx flag, it placed 'dev->lltx = true' after the SEQ/CSUM early returns instead of before them. This causes GRE/GRETAP/ip6gre tunnels with SEQ or CSUM+encap to lose lockless TX, reintroducing _xmit_lock acquisition around their ndo_start_xmit. Since GRE xmit re-enters the stack via ip_tunnel_xmit(), holding _xmit_lock risks ABBA deadlock with the underlay device. CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(&qdisc_xmit_lock_key#6); lock(&qdisc_xmit_lock_key#3); lock(&qdisc_xmit_lock_key#6); lock(&qdisc_xmit_lock_key#3); Fix by moving dev->lltx = true before the early returns in both functions, restoring the original unconditional behavior.
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 00d066a4d4edbe559ba6c35153da71d4b2b8a383 , < 9f948e9aede9678f4103457daf2bc9dd54c65a06 (git)
Affected: 00d066a4d4edbe559ba6c35153da71d4b2b8a383 , < 15a1c5f2ed2eeb3daad8d5766fd506aeda4710f3 (git)
Affected: 00d066a4d4edbe559ba6c35153da71d4b2b8a383 , < 2bffe379023512d280337c70faeb6a8cc435db5e (git)
Affected: 00d066a4d4edbe559ba6c35153da71d4b2b8a383 , < 675ed582c1aa4d919dd535490de08c015005c653 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.12
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.12 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.101 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.42 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.6 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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