CVE-2026-98630

eth: fbnic: Fix payload page pool error cleanup

N/A
Published: October 18, 2026 at 03:19 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 10:19 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eth: fbnic: Fix payload page pool error cleanup The payload page pool pointer contains an error pointer when its allocation fails. The cleanup path passes that error pointer to page_pool_destroy() instead of destroying the header page pool. This can dereference the error pointer and leave the header page pool allocated. Destroy the header page pool instead.

Affected

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

6.188a11010fdd9615e8dbb2f5d562ab88caa8a9516a
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.55 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)

Remediation

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