CVE-2026-99046

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99046
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-99046.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-99046
Downstream
Published
2026-10-23T12:22:10Z
Modified
2026-10-26T02:36:17Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
gve: fix XSK buffer leak on error descriptor
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/99xxx/CVE-2026-99046.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
c1fffc5d66a7147d557736c2341a511e0896d9ff
Fixed
06656aaa7e43ae62b673c2244d27099b8b94a70d
Fixed
889f763874855c575429f75946132a53c573aa14
Fixed
9fed6a8ab8a5bacba2c709cb19d2dd6d2fa9112e

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-99046.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.17.0
Fixed
6.18.57
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.2.11

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-99046.json"