CVE-2026-98503
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2026
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
packet: use ubuf_info completion for TX_RING packets
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: packet: use ubuf_info completion for TX_RING packets tpacket_snd sends skbs with frags pointing into its ring slots. Slots are released when skb->destructor is called. A call to skb_orphan calls skb->destructor before the skb is freed. This can cause the slot to be reused while still linked into the skb. Switch to standard zerocopy completion (ubuf_info) so the slot is only released once all references to the payload are freed or copied. Restore skb->destructor to standard sock_wfree. The ubuf_info completion callback can be called with a NULL skb, but only from net_zcopy_put and related API, used by zerocopy implementations that hold their own reference on the uarg, such as MSG_ZEROCOPY. This uarg is only ever completed from skb_zcopy_clear, so skb is always set. To prevent userspace from aliasing in-flight state on shared ring slots, allocate tpacket_uarg per packet, rather than per slot. This adds a small allocation to the transmit path. Use standard kmalloc to allow backporting to stable kernels. The uarg holds an sk_wmem_alloc reference, rather than an sk_refcnt reference. packet_free_tx_ring waits on sk_wmem_alloc before freeing the ring pages. Always allocate vec->deferred for tx_ring so page-backed rings also wait on sk_wmem_alloc when skb_copy_ubufs drops page refs before calling tpacket_ubuf_complete. Drop the tx_ring.pg_vec test that tpacket_destruct_skb performed before accessing the slot. The sk_wmem_alloc reference now guarantees that the slot is valid. The test is also not sufficient by itself, as it reads pg_vec without pg_vec_lock, so it can race with packet_set_ring. As a result a slot is released when its payload is copied, which can be before transmission (e.g., in skb_orphan_frags_rx). If copied before skb_tx_timestamp() is called, no slot timestamp is recorded, similar to when skb_orphan() was called early in the datapath before this patch. Revert the now unused previous skb_zcopy_.._nouarg infra. Depends on commit 992cc9f94ca9 ("net/packet: defer vmalloc TX_RING free until skbs finish").
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5cd8d46ea1562be80063f53c7c6a5f40224de623 | affected | git | e67c455d79fbf709a94965f09a2be6bf4f4ba5fd | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5cd8d46ea1562be80063f53c7c6a5f40224de623 | affected | git | eda9bcb721f15a93746a99eabda33d80b86404fd | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5cd8d46ea1562be80063f53c7c6a5f40224de623 | affected | git | 2a0c9afefc0ecea2cc30ccfbbbc98182a0986191 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5cd8d46ea1562be80063f53c7c6a5f40224de623 | affected | git | 9518405613863d0bf0700927a21367f5942cf058 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 67f6fba765ef8cb19089d476e3c367212a2fbdfd | affected | git | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| f2a67e68dbaeae7c88e5522873d7b908911f9f77 | affected | git | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 4.14.86 | affected | semver | 4.15 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 4.19.7 | affected | semver | 4.20 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.20 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 4.20 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.12.112 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.18.55 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.18.* | None listed |
| 7.2.9 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 7.2.* | None listed |
| 7.3 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |