CVE-2026-63970

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-63970
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-63970.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-63970
Downstream
Published
2026-07-19T14:55:57Z
Modified
2026-08-12T03:30:08Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
vsock/virtio: bind uarg before filling zerocopy skb
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

vsock/virtio: bind uarg before filling zerocopy skb

virtio_transport_send_pkt_info() allocates or reuses the zerocopy uarg before entering the send loop, but virtio_transport_alloc_skb() still fills the skb before it inherits that uarg. When fixed-buffer vectored zerocopy hits MAX_SKB_FRAGS, io_sg_from_iter() may partially attach managed frags and return -EMSGSIZE. The rollback path call kfree_skb() to free an skb that carries SKBFL_MANAGED_FRAG_REFS but no uarg, so skb_release_data() falls through to ordinary frag unref.

Pass the uarg into virtio_transport_alloc_skb() and bind it immediately before virtio_transport_fill_skb(). This keeps control or no-payload skbs untouched while ensuring success and rollback share one lifetime rule.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/63xxx/CVE-2026-63970.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
581512a6dc939ef122e49336626ae159f3b8a345
Fixed
72194f65050958e4c8e069adb6c5d89ef81ca197
Fixed
b62e2b2b4a50953ca952f3cd3f77dd62dc50fd5d
Fixed
5d317573f1d48e76cce5fb6250452b6e4102e0fb
Fixed
1e584c304cfb94a759417130b1fc6d30b30c4cce

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-63970.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.97
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.35
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.0.12

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-63970.json"