High 7.5Published Oct 23, 2026

CVE-2026-99046gve: fix XSK buffer leak on error descriptor

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 4:00 AM ET)

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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.53%, higher than 44% of scored CVEs.

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gve: fix XSK buffer leak on error descriptor When the error bit is set in the RX completion descriptor, the buf_state and its attached buffer should be freed. In the case of AF_XDP ZC, the XSK buffer was not freed, leading to a leak. This issue was caught by LLM.

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): 0.53% (percentile 44)
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Received
Record last updated: Oct 24, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 23, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from c1fffc5d66a7147d557736c2341a511e0896d9ff before 06656aaa7e43ae62b673c2244d27099b8b94a70d; from c1fffc5d66a7147d557736c2341a511e0896d9ff before 889f763874855c575429f75946132a53c573aa14; from c1fffc5d66a7147d557736c2341a511e0896d9ff before 9fed6a8ab8a5bacba2c709cb19d2dd6d2fa9112e	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06656aaa7e43ae62b673c2244d27099b8b94a70d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/889f763874855c575429f75946132a53c573aa14
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fed6a8ab8a5bacba2c709cb19d2dd6d2fa9112e

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