CVE-2026-99047
Received
Received - Intake
GVE XSK Buffer Leak in Linux Kernel
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-99047, 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
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
gve: fix XSK buffer leak when rings are stopped
GVE does not free XSK buffers when resetting ring state as a part of
stopping queues. This causes all XSK buffers which are posted to the
NIC to be leaked.
Free XSK buffers attached to an allocated buf_state when stopping rings.
This issue was hit in production.
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Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
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| CWE-UNKNOWN |
