CVE-2026-74626

NTB: ntb_netdev: Preserve RX queue depth on allocation failure

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 22, 2026 at 03:32 PM UTC
Updated: October 16, 2026 at 08:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NTB: ntb_netdev: Preserve RX queue depth on allocation failure ntb_netdev_rx_handler() hands the received skb to the network stack before allocating its replacement. If the allocation fails, nothing is reposted. Every failure therefore takes one buffer out of the RX queue while the interface remains up, and enough failures eventually stall reception. A retry path could refill the queue later, but ntb_netdev has none. Allocate the replacement first instead. If that fails, drop the packet and repost the same skb. This keeps the queue full and lets packet delivery resume as soon as memory is available again.

Affected

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

3.9548c237c0a9972df5d1afaca38aa733ee577128d
Vendor states this is fixed in 18781cc0bfb5c7f2a51ac6d678a28f101b7c35c5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 272df0fbe6f3e04e22bc67fbdd9ac24586b942f4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3f2a15f33f86f7bd5b920669fd40c06725d72a1e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6d7f8a23c130d768c0976c2578b214353674e18f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 755fd7843f300d724caceabdf9bb13adc8701540 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a4e340971fe8ccd245d206db4d43b2a0eec240bd (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d2121faf133ac3bf9531b53a7e21273649a08517 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fcaf8ba7e56bb73319ac107a63b907d59536192c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.267 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.218 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.185 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.106 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.46 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.154 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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CVSS

7.5HIGHLinux
Vector?

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