CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-99057

Low risk· EPSS 7%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's xen/netfront driver, xennet_fill_frags() returns an error when a response chain has more slots than fit in the skb's frags. The error path in xennet_poll() moves what remains on tmpq to errq, but the skb being filled was already dequeued from tmpq and is never freed, leaking the skb and its attached pages.

Risk Assessment

Each overflowing chain leaks an skb and its frag pages, and the backend decides how many slots it sends. Sustained operation can exhaust memory and destabilize the guest system.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that puts the skb back on tmpq before taking the error path. Treat this update as a priority in Xen environments with untrusted backends.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xen/netfront: don't leak the skb when xennet_fill_frags() fails When a response chain has more slots than fit in the skb's frags, xennet_fill_frags() returns an error and xennet_poll() jumps to its error path. That path moves what's left on tmpq to errq to be freed, but the skb being filled was already dequeued from tmpq, so it's never freed. Each chain that overflows leaks the skb and the pages attached to it as frags, and the backend decides how many slots it sends. Put the skb back on tmpq before taking the error path, like the xennet_set_skb_gso() failure just above it does.

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