CVE-2026-53087

net: bcmgenet: fix leaking free_bds

HIGH

7.5

CVSS Score

Published: June 24, 2026 at 04:30 PM UTC

Updated: August 5, 2026 at 01:24 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity

HIGH7.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.7%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bcmgenet: fix leaking free_bds While reclaiming the tx queue we fast forward the write pointer to drop any data in flight. These dropped frames are not added back to the pool of free bds. We also need to tell the netdev that we are dropping said data.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

6.15 ≤ v < 6.18.336.15 ≤ v < 7.0.106.15 ≤ v < 7.16.19 ≤ v < 7.0.103877efc13053408f4cf2e821006d6ddd1929200f6.156a84791b63044cdee3ab55eb350e6352b751f584991cd78f95f2a1d6097669afaff66aeeba35f5fdf1bacae8b655163dcbc3c54b9e714ef1a8986d7b

Vendor states this is fixed in 150d06aae1839a6564ab200ef0e7291c3528bbb0 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 25ff3a3e47ea635ec08dc93e84dd2bfe15abfebb (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 3c3abbcfa05bad17965498ff7cc94c2418fa94b3 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 3f3168300efb839028328d720ab3962f91d6a0d0 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 52b9f80993698138b90e5ca3a72550a2501f2a96 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in ac4a29c331ecb5b10240c44247a8e010c95bc15b (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.15 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.33 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.10 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)