CVE-2026-53091 Affecting kernel-64k-debug package, versions <0:5.14.0-687.47.1.el9_8


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX9-KERNEL64KDEBUG-19902167
  • published18 Sept 2026
  • disclosed14 Sept 2026

Introduced: 14 Sep 2026

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How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 kernel-64k-debug to version 0:5.14.0-687.47.1.el9_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2026:67150.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64k-debug package and not the kernel-64k-debug package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

net: pull headers in qdisc_pkt_len_segs_init()

Most ndo_start_xmit() methods expects headers of gso packets to be already in skb->head.

net/core/tso.c users are particularly at risk, because tso_build_hdr() does a memcpy(hdr, skb->data, hdr_len);

qdisc_pkt_len_segs_init() already does a dissection of gso packets.

Use pskb_may_pull() instead of skb_header_pointer() to make sure drivers do not have to reimplement this.

Some malicious packets could be fed, detect them so that we can drop them sooner with a new SKB_DROP_REASON_SKB_BAD_GSO drop_reason.

CVSS Base Scores

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