Not yet scoredPublished Oct 23, 2026

CVE-2026-99047gve: fix XSK buffer leak when rings are stopped

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 12:50 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gve: fix XSK buffer leak when rings are stopped GVE does not free XSK buffers when resetting ring state as a part of stopping queues. This causes all XSK buffers which are posted to the NIC to be leaked. Free XSK buffers attached to an allocated buf_state when stopping rings. This issue was hit in production.

CVSS: Not yet scored
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: Received
Record last updated: Oct 23, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 23, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from c1fffc5d66a7147d557736c2341a511e0896d9ff before 506f9de069d07a72b9887ce3edd2fdf32f4953aa; from c1fffc5d66a7147d557736c2341a511e0896d9ff before 7a7e6bbbf0586c1f62f0cc7d9a2877d8a5e5aaf7; from c1fffc5d66a7147d557736c2341a511e0896d9ff before 73670ddb91a4d22e1deb3efd962242de1ec48e90	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/506f9de069d07a72b9887ce3edd2fdf32f4953aa
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a7e6bbbf0586c1f62f0cc7d9a2877d8a5e5aaf7
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73670ddb91a4d22e1deb3efd962242de1ec48e90

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