CVE-2026-46320
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CVE-2026-46320 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.4/10 on the CVSS scale. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tap: free page on error paths in tap_get_user_xdp() tap_get_user_xdp() rejects a frame shorter than ETH_HLEN with -EINVAL, and returns -ENOMEM when build_skb() fails. Both paths jump to the err label without freeing the page that vhost_net_build_xdp() allocated for the frame. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tap: free page on error paths in tap_get_user_xdp() tap_get_user_xdp() rejects a frame shorter than ETH_HLEN with -EINVAL, and returns -ENOMEM when build_skb() fails. Both paths jump to the err label without freeing the page that vhost_net_build_xdp() allocated for the frame. tap_sendmsg() discards the per-buffer return value and always returns 0, so vhost_tx_batch() takes the success path and never frees the page; each rejected frame in a batch leaks one page-frag chunk. Free the page on both error paths, before the skb is built. This is the tap counterpart of the same leak in tun_xdp_one().
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 4.20, < 5.10.259 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 5.11, < 5.15.210 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 5.16, < 6.1.176 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 6.2, < 6.6.143 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 6.7, < 6.12.94 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 6.13, < 6.18.36 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 6.19, < 7.0.12 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | 7.1 | Rc1 |
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