High 7.5Published Jun 24, 2026

CVE-2026-53087net: bcmgenet: fix leaking free_bds

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 3:10 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bcmgenet: fix leaking free_bds While reclaiming the tx queue we fast forward the write pointer to drop any data in flight. These dropped frames are not added back to the pool of free bds. We also need to tell the netdev that we are dropping said data.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Aug 5, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 6a84791b63044cdee3ab55eb350e6352b751f584 before 150d06aae1839a6564ab200ef0e7291c3528bbb0; 991cd78f95f2a1d6097669afaff66aeeba35f5fd builds before 52b9f80993698138b90e5ca3a72550a2501f2a96; 3877efc13053408f4cf2e821006d6ddd1929200f builds before 3c3abbcfa05bad17965498ff7cc94c2418fa94b3; from f1bacae8b655163dcbc3c54b9e714ef1a8986d7b before 25ff3a3e47ea635ec08dc93e84dd2bfe15abfebb; from f1bacae8b655163dcbc3c54b9e714ef1a8986d7b before ac4a29c331ecb5b10240c44247a8e010c95bc15b; from f1bacae8b655163dcbc3c54b9e714ef1a8986d7b before 3f3168300efb839028328d720ab3962f91d6a0d0	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 6.15 before 6.18.33; from 6.19 before 7.0.10	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/150d06aae1839a6564ab200ef0e7291c3528bbb0	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52b9f80993698138b90e5ca3a72550a2501f2a96	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c3abbcfa05bad17965498ff7cc94c2418fa94b3	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25ff3a3e47ea635ec08dc93e84dd2bfe15abfebb	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac4a29c331ecb5b10240c44247a8e010c95bc15b	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f3168300efb839028328d720ab3962f91d6a0d0	patch

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