{"id":"CVE-2026-68321","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"net: txgbe: fix FDIR filter leak on remove","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: txgbe: fix FDIR filter leak on remove\n\nPerfect FDIR filters can be added while the interface is down and are\nkept on the software list for later restore. unregister_netdev() only\ncalls ndo_stop when the device is up, so txgbe_fdir_filter_exit() in\ntxgbe_close() is skipped in that case and the filters are leaked on\ndriver remove. Free the filter list from txgbe_remove() as well.","publishedAt":"2026-08-10T12:02:56.166Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-17T05:03:18.882Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"4bdb441105dcea40ac6e01756314c0fdf5173ce1","status":"affected","lessThan":"5c2f04258be2645cdd8f87553990948e7054e7fb","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4bdb441105dcea40ac6e01756314c0fdf5173ce1","status":"affected","lessThan":"2d34421bfa261f7e83bea2f2f75fa75e0c3037d1","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4bdb441105dcea40ac6e01756314c0fdf5173ce1","status":"affected","lessThan":"4946dea2386333e5d93bfb36df803fefb5a8c635","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4bdb441105dcea40ac6e01756314c0fdf5173ce1","status":"affected","lessThan":"ecaa37826340520664a4e5522f803ff48fc3f564","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/txgbe/txgbe_main.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.11","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.11","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.101","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.42","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1.6","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/txgbe/txgbe_main.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c2f04258be2645cdd8f87553990948e7054e7fb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d34421bfa261f7e83bea2f2f75fa75e0c3037d1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4946dea2386333e5d93bfb36df803fefb5a8c635","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecaa37826340520664a4e5522f803ff48fc3f564"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:12:49.727Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/68xxx/CVE-2026-68321.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-68321","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-08-10T12:02:56.166Z","dateUpdated":"2026-08-17T05:03:18.882Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2026-07-30T09:28:09.382Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"net: txgbe: fix FDIR filter leak on remove","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: txgbe: fix FDIR filter leak on remove\n\nPerfect FDIR filters can be added while the interface is down and are\nkept on the software list for later restore. unregister_netdev() only\ncalls ndo_stop when the device is up, so txgbe_fdir_filter_exit() in\ntxgbe_close() is skipped in that case and the filters are leaked on\ndriver remove. Free the filter list from txgbe_remove() as well."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"4bdb441105dcea40ac6e01756314c0fdf5173ce1","status":"affected","lessThan":"5c2f04258be2645cdd8f87553990948e7054e7fb","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4bdb441105dcea40ac6e01756314c0fdf5173ce1","status":"affected","lessThan":"2d34421bfa261f7e83bea2f2f75fa75e0c3037d1","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4bdb441105dcea40ac6e01756314c0fdf5173ce1","status":"affected","lessThan":"4946dea2386333e5d93bfb36df803fefb5a8c635","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4bdb441105dcea40ac6e01756314c0fdf5173ce1","status":"affected","lessThan":"ecaa37826340520664a4e5522f803ff48fc3f564","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/txgbe/txgbe_main.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.11","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.11","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.101","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.42","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1.6","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/txgbe/txgbe_main.c"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c2f04258be2645cdd8f87553990948e7054e7fb"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d34421bfa261f7e83bea2f2f75fa75e0c3037d1"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4946dea2386333e5d93bfb36df803fefb5a8c635"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecaa37826340520664a4e5522f803ff48fc3f564"}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"Linux","orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateUpdated":"2026-08-17T05:03:18.882Z"},"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.11","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.101"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.11","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.42"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.11","versionEndExcluding":"7.1.6"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.11","versionEndExcluding":"7.2"}]}]}],"x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}}