CVE-2026-99057

xen/netfront: don't leak the skb when xennet_fill_frags() fails

N/A
Published: October 23, 2026 at 12:22 PM UTC
Updated: October 23, 2026 at 01:17 PM 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: xen/netfront: don't leak the skb when xennet_fill_frags() fails When a response chain has more slots than fit in the skb's frags, xennet_fill_frags() returns an error and xennet_poll() jumps to its error path. That path moves what's left on tmpq to errq to be freed, but the skb being filled was already dequeued from tmpq, so it's never freed. Each chain that overflows leaks the skb and the pages attached to it as frags, and the backend decides how many slots it sends. Put the skb back on tmpq before taking the error path, like the xennet_set_skb_gso() failure just above it does.

Affected

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

29a6193c0d74390c004808441061ac1812cf6f514.14.734.18.114.194.4.1594.9.1307eced4478f4ec6ff0a603ddfd6e24a5d3831fca7ad4f15dc2c70b1de5e0a64d27335962fbc9cf71cb73a161e9beff24bf1803ba393dff95a255268f9bd1468048aa3e2af865da92990539946d4483989
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.113 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.57 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.160 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)

Remediation

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