CVE-2026-80987

NTB: ntb_transport: Reject oversized TX buffers

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 11, 2026 at 07:42 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:17 AM 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_transport: Reject oversized TX buffers ntb_process_tx() handles an oversized buffer by calling tx_handler() with a NULL data pointer and returning success. ntb_netdev therefore neither frees the skb in its completion callback nor takes its enqueue error path, leaking it. Reject oversized buffers in ntb_transport_tx_enqueue() before acquiring a queue entry and return -EMSGSIZE. The caller retains ownership of the buffer, and the preceding netdev patch frees the skb when enqueue returns this permanent error.

Affected

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

3.9fce8a7bb5b4bfb8a27324703fd5b002ee9247e90
Vendor states this is fixed in 4890152a3069f5cb58cc24b08cfd5fe95e568fa1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 668aa3238548584ca9772da9cf43ae8c2389bbf1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6b6bbc6c878d64eacc60877df49fce7b1b6a08d0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 75a604e9f1cfdebda421062fdf42225ca32154cd (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9b0fa8a9e1057614a533cc3f18b17f82aab028d8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a4f2387db6f1cc2f03abba7f3a6807ad61e26ff7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a7f22105a7df8c7fd74d0af27ace6fa94fe03d87 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b6db88cde0fb5c3bd2d3cd2bebcc06b5ce146e88 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.270 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.221 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.188 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.109 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.50 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.157 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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CVSS

7.5HIGHLinux
Vector?

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