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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.8 High

CVE-2026-98381

veth: manage XDP program pointers during channel resize

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: veth: manage XDP program pointers during channel resize veth_set_channels() tears down XDP resources for removed RX queues without clearing rq->xdp_prog. If the program is then detached or replaced, those queues keep the old pointer after bpf_prog_put(). A later channel increase can re-enable NAPI and run the freed program. BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffc90000256048 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI RIP: veth_xdp_rcv_skb (include/linux/filter.h:779 include/net/xdp.h:696 drivers/net/veth.c:820) Call Trace: veth_xdp_rcv (drivers/net/veth.c:941) veth_poll (drivers/net/veth.c:986) __napi_poll (net/core/dev.c:7787) net_rx_action (net/core/dev.c:7850 net/core/dev.c:8007) handle_softirqs (kernel/softirq.c:645) Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 4752eeb3d891c27905a8fdf4d80e899c0efd4ec7 to < 7a8e143109ff2736dc79e41dcd55af7ceab7520aaffected
  • 4752eeb3d891c27905a8fdf4d80e899c0efd4ec7 to < 1a5c5b9c64ba5f39dba55da6e12561ca56eeb758affected
  • 4752eeb3d891c27905a8fdf4d80e899c0efd4ec7 to < f0e8dba8c224981e53c792c6b3dbb7604fb2c2c6affected
  • 4752eeb3d891c27905a8fdf4d80e899c0efd4ec7 to < 3c10a5dd0d38f506f671dbb59e9d0ee4c72076f9affected
  • 4752eeb3d891c27905a8fdf4d80e899c0efd4ec7 to < 25bb7c36225220d30f404d7e29d2e052bc5f4b99affected
  • 4752eeb3d891c27905a8fdf4d80e899c0efd4ec7 to < 43f6b647f209591b1e3f726bb16b8dcba6b95908affected
  • 4752eeb3d891c27905a8fdf4d80e899c0efd4ec7 to < 7104a370714346b667712913dc16abf14bbc97edaffected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 5.15affected
  • 0 to < 5.15unaffected
  • 5.15.222 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.189 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.158 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.112 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.55 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.2.9 to ≤ 7.2.*unaffected
  • 7.3 to ≤ *unaffected

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