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GHSA-QVQ6-8JQJ-Q3P2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-22 18:30 – Updated: 2026-08-25 06:31

Details

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

xsk: validate launch-time metadata size

Launch-time metadata extends beyond the first 16 bytes of struct xsk_tx_metadata. Reject the request when the registered metadata area does not contain the complete field.

Snapshot the validated flags for the generic transmit path and use that snapshot for request and completion processing, avoiding inconsistent decisions if user space changes the flags concurrently.

Note that only xsk_skb_metadata is properly using the flags, __xsk_buff_get_metadata ignores them. Next commits address that.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-74708 (GCVE-0-2026-74708)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-22 15:33 – Updated: 2026-08-25 05:41

Title

xsk: validate launch-time metadata size

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xsk: validate launch-time metadata size Launch-time metadata extends beyond the first 16 bytes of struct xsk_tx_metadata. Reject the request when the registered metadata area does not contain the complete field. Snapshot the validated flags for the generic transmit path and use that snapshot for request and completion processing, avoiding inconsistent decisions if user space changes the flags concurrently. Note that only xsk_skb_metadata is properly using the flags, __xsk_buff_get_metadata ignores them. Next commits address that.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard D 54/100 over 6618 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af511afa1d2977f38…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc63d47611c07b0d5…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/439ce2dddf3d22129…

Impacted products

2 products

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Linux	Linux	Affected: ca4419f15abd19ba8be1e109661b60f9f5b6c9f0 , < af511afa1d2977f384044df78d6fbf9fba653f7a (git) Affected: ca4419f15abd19ba8be1e109661b60f9f5b6c9f0 , < bc63d47611c07b0d5d655fe1a590861931527920 (git) Affected: ca4419f15abd19ba8be1e109661b60f9f5b6c9f0 , < 439ce2dddf3d22129b9113a7881637256a35e936 (git) Affected: d9d736c416c9a85f84e15435ba82a177262e745b (git) Affected: 6.14.2 , < 6.15 (semver)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.15 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.15 (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.45 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.9 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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