FKIE_CVE-2026-90049
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-16 11:17 - Updated: 2026-09-28 23:10
Severity
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: skbuff: don't skb_tx_error() the source skb in skb_zerocopy()
skb_zerocopy() copies frags from @from into @to. On an
skb_orphan_frags() failure it calls skb_tx_error(@from), a destructive
operation on the source skb the copy helper does not own. That completes
@from's zerocopy uarg and clears SKBFL_ALL_ZEROCOPY, including the
SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG page-ownership marker.
Both callers already report the failure on their own drop path.
nfnetlink_queue does it at nla_put_failure, and Open vSwitch does it in
the flow-miss drop arm of ovs_dp_process_packet(), so nothing is lost by
dropping it here.
On Open vSwitch's OVS_ACTION_ATTR_USERSPACE path the skb is not freed on
this error: do_execute_actions() ignores output_userspace()'s return
value and, unless the upcall was the last action, keeps forwarding the
same skb through the flow's remaining actions. The uarg is completed
while that skb is still in flight, telling the producer its buffers are
free, and SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG is cleared on an skb the rest of the stack
still handles. That flag is what makes esp_input() call skb_cow_data()
instead of decrypting in place, so a later local ESP delivery can
decrypt over frags the skb does not own privately.
Leave error reporting to the callers.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|
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"affected": [
{
"affectedData": [
{
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"net/core/skbuff.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
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"version": "36d5fe6a000790f56039afe26834265db0a3ad4c",
"versionType": "git"
},
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"versionType": "git"
},
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"versionType": "git"
},
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"versionType": "git"
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"versionType": "git"
},
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"status": "affected",
"version": "c5f0c0e7525443add533495e93ba8de6feab2396",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
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"version": "1674b4bf3eea3cac51b70778e89f8025f7cfe695",
"versionType": "git"
},
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"lessThan": "3.11",
"status": "affected",
"version": "3.10.51",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThan": "3.13",
"status": "affected",
"version": "3.12.40",
"versionType": "semver"
}
]
},
{
"defaultStatus": "affected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"net/core/skbuff.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "3.14"
},
{
"lessThan": "3.14",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "0",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "5.10.270",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "5.15.221",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.1.188",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.6.157",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.12.110",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.18.51",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.2.5",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.3-rc1",
"versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
}
]
}
],
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
}
],
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: skbuff: don\u0027t skb_tx_error() the source skb in skb_zerocopy()\n\nskb_zerocopy() copies frags from @from into @to. On an\nskb_orphan_frags() failure it calls skb_tx_error(@from), a destructive\noperation on the source skb the copy helper does not own. That completes\n@from\u0027s zerocopy uarg and clears SKBFL_ALL_ZEROCOPY, including the\nSKBFL_SHARED_FRAG page-ownership marker.\n\nBoth callers already report the failure on their own drop path.\nnfnetlink_queue does it at nla_put_failure, and Open vSwitch does it in\nthe flow-miss drop arm of ovs_dp_process_packet(), so nothing is lost by\ndropping it here.\n\nOn Open vSwitch\u0027s OVS_ACTION_ATTR_USERSPACE path the skb is not freed on\nthis error: do_execute_actions() ignores output_userspace()\u0027s return\nvalue and, unless the upcall was the last action, keeps forwarding the\nsame skb through the flow\u0027s remaining actions. The uarg is completed\nwhile that skb is still in flight, telling the producer its buffers are\nfree, and SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG is cleared on an skb the rest of the stack\nstill handles. That flag is what makes esp_input() call skb_cow_data()\ninstead of decrypting in place, so a later local ESP delivery can\ndecrypt over frags the skb does not own privately.\n\nLeave error reporting to the callers."
},
{
"lang": "es",
"value": "En el kernel de Linux, la siguiente vulnerabilidad ha sido resuelta:\n\nnet: skbuff: no llamar a skb_tx_error() al skb de origen en skb_zerocopy()\n\nskb_zerocopy() copia fragmentos de @from a @to. En caso de fallo de skb_orphan_frags(), llama a skb_tx_error(@from), una operaci\u00f3n destructiva en el skb de origen que el ayudante de copia no posee. Eso completa el uarg de zerocopy de @from y borra SKBFL_ALL_ZEROCOPY, incluyendo el marcador de propiedad de p\u00e1gina SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG.\n\nAmbos llamadores ya informan del fallo en su propia ruta de descarte. nfnetlink_queue lo hace en nla_put_failure, y Open vSwitch lo hace en el brazo de descarte por fallo de flujo de ovs_dp_process_packet(), por lo que no se pierde nada al descartarlo aqu\u00ed.\n\nEn la ruta OVS_ACTION_ATTR_USERSPACE de Open vSwitch, el skb no se libera en este error: do_execute_actions() ignora el valor de retorno de output_userspace() y, a menos que la llamada ascendente fuera la \u00faltima acci\u00f3n, sigue reenviando el mismo skb a trav\u00e9s de las acciones restantes del flujo. El uarg se completa mientras ese skb todav\u00eda est\u00e1 en tr\u00e1nsito, indicando al productor que sus b\u00faferes est\u00e1n libres, y SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG se borra en un skb que el resto de la pila a\u00fan maneja. Esa bandera es lo que hace que esp_input() llame a skb_cow_data() en lugar de descifrar in situ, para que una entrega ESP local posterior pueda descifrar sobre fragmentos que el skb no posee de forma privada.\n\nDejar el informe de errores a los llamadores."
}
],
"id": "CVE-2026-90049",
"lastModified": "2026-09-28T23:10:00.143",
"metrics": {
"cvssMetricV31": [
{
"cvssData": {
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"attackVector": "LOCAL",
"availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
"baseScore": 9.3,
"baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
"confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
"integrityImpact": "HIGH",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"scope": "CHANGED",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"version": "3.1"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 2.5,
"impactScore": 6.0,
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"type": "Secondary"
}
]
},
"published": "2026-09-16T11:17:18.263",
"references": [
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04dd250a78e268af3e7124beb1dc10ec1dd88d60"
},
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/767ec2a65cc022d303b0c9c12811e7db22057341"
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"sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"vulnStatus": "Received"
}
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