Medium 5.5Published Jul 19, 2026

CVE-2026-64110igc: fix potential skb leak in igc_fpe_xmit_smd_frame()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 1:50 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: igc: fix potential skb leak in igc_fpe_xmit_smd_frame() When igc_fpe_init_tx_descriptor() fails, no one takes care of an allocated skb, leaking it. [1] Use dev_kfree_skb_any() on failure. Tested on an I226 adapter with the following command, while injecting faults in igc_fpe_init_tx_descriptor() to trigger the error path. # ethtool --set-mm $DEV verify-enabled on tx-enabled on pmac-enabled on [1] unreferenced object 0xffff888113c6cdc0 (size 224): ... backtrace (crc be3d3fda): kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0x3b1/0x410 __alloc_skb+0xde/0x830 igc_fpe_xmit_smd_frame.isra.0+0xad/0x1b0 igc_fpe_send_mpacket+0x37/0x90 ethtool_mmsv_verify_timer+0x15e/0x300

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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: Jul 19, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 5422570c0010bb968738f9256eb2bf83e79b4d63 before f1bafd35f11b3aca1c7bb38da173b8787364a04c; 5422570c0010bb968738f9256eb2bf83e79b4d63 builds before 3ebf056556138e74c640e6dc2b3848abd398b460; from 5422570c0010bb968738f9256eb2bf83e79b4d63 before e935c37b8a94bb256fada6395a5d05e1c0c6bdaf	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 6.16 before 6.18.34; from 6.19 before 7.0.11; 7.1; 7.1; 7.1; 7.1	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1bafd35f11b3aca1c7bb38da173b8787364a04c	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ebf056556138e74c640e6dc2b3848abd398b460	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e935c37b8a94bb256fada6395a5d05e1c0c6bdaf	patch

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