CVE-2026-74623
Low risk· EPSS 7%Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs
Summary
In the Linux kernel's atlantic driver, during TX ring deinitialization, aq_vec_deinit() cleans only a limited number of descriptors and stops at hw_head, leaving many buffers (skb or xdp_frame) unreleased. This causes memory leaks on every interface down, and with page_pool can block its destruction.
Risk Assessment
Memory leaks on every interface down can lead to memory exhaustion, and with XDP_TX can cause persistent warnings and page_pool shutdown blockage, affecting system stability.
Recommendation
Apply the patch that restores aq_ring_tx_deinit() and uses it to fully release all TX buffers, including xdp_frame.
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- CVE-2026-99247Unknown
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Original NVD description (English source)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: atlantic: free stranded TX buffers on ring deinit aq_vec_deinit() drains the TX rings with a single aq_ring_tx_clean() call, which frees at most AQ_CFG_TX_CLEAN_BUDGET (256) descriptors and stops at hw_head, which no longer moves once aq_vec_stop() has stopped the hardware and NAPI. Completed descriptors beyond the budget and everything still posted in [hw_head, sw_tail) keep their skb or xdp_frame when the interface goes down: aq_vec_ring_free() then frees the buffer ring and the references are lost for good. Today this is a silent memory leak on every interface down under TX/XDP_TX load. With the conversion of the RX path to page_pool posted for net-next it becomes much more visible: XDP_TX frames carry fragment references on the RX ring's page_pool, so a single stranded frame keeps the pool's inflight count above zero forever. page_pool_destroy() then never completes, the pool is leaked together with its pages, and "page_pool_release_retry() stalled pool shutdown" is warned every 60 seconds from that point on, on every ifdown, XDP detach or ring resize under XDP_TX load. Bring back aq_ring_tx_deinit() as it was before the removal and use it for teardown again, with one extension: TX rings can hold xdp_frames nowadays, so release those too. They are returned with xdp_return_frame() since this runs in process context.
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