CVE-2026-46320

HIGH

tap: free page on error paths in tap_get_user_xdp()

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tap: free page on error paths in tap_get_user_xdp() tap_get_user_xdp() rejects a frame shorter than ETH_HLEN with -EINVAL, and returns -ENOMEM when build_skb() fails. Both paths jump to the err label without freeing the page that vhost_net_build_xdp() allocated for the frame. tap_sendmsg() discards the per-buffer return value and always returns 0, so vhost_tx_batch() takes the success path and never frees the page; each rejected frame in a batch leaks one page-frag chunk. Free the page on both error paths, before the skb is built. This is the tap counterpart of the same leak in tun_xdp_one().

Scores

CVSS v3 7.4
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 14.4%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (28)
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.10.259linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.210linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.176linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.36linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 7.0.12linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.143linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.94linux
Linux/Linux < 4.20
Linux/Linux 0efac27791ee068075d80f07c55a229b1335ce12 - 18a84c35842e19cd3c5534d8cee73d31863f696d
Linux/Linux 0efac27791ee068075d80f07c55a229b1335ce12 - 3bcf7aec6a9d16438f2cec29f5d7c8d5b8edf9b2
... and 18 more
Published Jun 09, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 09, 2026