CVE-2026-99046
Received Received - Intake

XSK Buffer Leak in Linux Kernel

Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-99046, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-10-23

Last updated on: 2026-10-23

Assigner: kernel.org

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gve: fix XSK buffer leak on error descriptor When the error bit is set in the RX completion descriptor, the buf_state and its attached buffer should be freed. In the case of AF_XDP ZC, the XSK buffer was not freed, leading to a leak. This issue was caught by LLM.

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Published
2026-10-23
Last Modified
2026-10-23
Generated
2026-10-23
EPSS Evaluated
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Linux Linux c1fffc5d66a7147d557736c2341a511e0896d9ff
Linux Linux c1fffc5d66a7147d557736c2341a511e0896d9ff
Linux Linux c1fffc5d66a7147d557736c2341a511e0896d9ff
Linux Linux 6.17

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CWE-UNKNOWN

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