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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-98947" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-10-23T12:19:06.146Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-23T12:19:06.146Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:41.756Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98947" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98947.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98947" title: "vsock: Fix memory leak in vmci_transport_recv_dgram_cb()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvsock: Fix memory leak in vmci_transport_recv_dgram_cb()\n\nDuring the closure of a datagram socket, the vmci_transport_recv_dgram_cb()\nfunction may be called, which will add the packets\nto the socket's backlog; then, after the receive queue is cleared,\nthe __release_sock() function will move the packet back from the socket's\nbacklog to the receive queue, which will lead to a memory leak.\n\nsock_close\n __sock_release\n __vsock_release\n // take ownership by user-space\n lock_sock_nested\n sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD)\n vmci_transport_release\n vmci_dispatch_dgs\n vmci_datagram_invoke_guest_handler\n vmci_transport_recv_dgram_cb\n sk_receive_skb\n if (!sock_owned_by_user(sk))\n [...]\n (!) else if sk_add_backlog()\n [...]\n (!) skb_queue_purge(&sk-\u003esk_receive_queue)\n\n release_sock\n __release_sock\n // move all packets from the backlog\n // to the receive queue\n (!) sk_backlog_rcv\n vsock_queue_rcv_skb\n [...]\n __sock_queue_rcv_skb\n if (!sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD))\n // Since the socket is \"dead\", the function will not\n // be called\n sk-\u003esk_data_ready(sk)\n sock_release_ownership(sk);\n sock_put\n\nAdd a receive queue cleanup in the socket destructor to fix this.\n\nsyzkaller report:\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff8880117bfb80 (size 240):\n comm \"irq/56-vmw_vmci\", pid 205, jiffies 4295064448 (age 73.992s)\n hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n 78 dc 26 1e 80 88 ff ff 78 dc 26 1e 80 88 ff ff x.&.....x.&.....\n 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0 da 26 1e 80 88 ff ff ..........&.....\n backtrace:\n [\u003cffffffff82be8d97\u003e] __alloc_skb+0x287/0x330 net/core/skbuff.c:505\n [\u003cffffffffa114bcbd\u003e] vmci_transport_recv_dgram_cb+0xbd/0x210 [vmw_vsock_vmci_transport]\n [\u003cffffffffa05072c6\u003e] vmci_datagram_invoke_guest_handler+0x366/0x450 [vmw_vmci]\n [\u003cffffffffa050ad75\u003e] vmci_dispatch_dgs+0x235/0x490 [vmw_vmci]\n [\u003cffffffffa050b025\u003e] vmci_interrupt+0x55/0x290 [vmw_vmci]\n [\u003cffffffff8137ad2b\u003e] irq_thread_fn+0x8b/0x1a0 kernel/irq/manage.c:1205\n [\u003cffffffff8137c7ae\u003e] irq_thread+0x28e/0x530 kernel/irq/manage.c:1314\n [\u003cffffffff81253dd6\u003e] kthread+0x2e6/0x3a0 kernel/kthread.c:376\n [\u003cffffffff81004392\u003e] ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295\n\nFound by InfoTeCS on behalf of Linux Verification Center\n(linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"0f8e2b2045355a0ee2008125e573435504b13cee"},{"version":"d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4835dbcde5cc3ae37e0d0796052056b35fcae8bf"},{"version":"d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9907db2b8e7ba70b442bb9dec86526a6511fac62"},{"version":"d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7c24a4e87e219072e5e106f6791146cbf3b056b3"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"3.9","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"3.9"},{"version":"6.12.113","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.57","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.2.11","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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