CVE-2026-74707

xsk: validate metadata when processing requests

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Aug 22, 2026
Updated
Oct 16, 2026
Reserved
Aug 15, 2026

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

xsk: validate metadata when processing requests

The zero-copy path validates TX metadata while obtaining the descriptor context, then reads it again later when preparing the hardware request. User space can change the metadata between those operations and bypass the original validation.

Validate the metadata in xsk_tx_metadata_request() and use the resulting flags snapshot for every feature check. Read request fields once so all zero-copy drivers process only values observed after successful validation.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • ca4419f15abd19ba8be1e109661b60f9f5b6c9f0 to before 5fd121971912dee2f5af1efec64462ac722deb17Affected
  • ca4419f15abd19ba8be1e109661b60f9f5b6c9f0 to before 0cc7aa6e0d19027fdd42e6fbd156267ac1e3bbbaAffected
  • ca4419f15abd19ba8be1e109661b60f9f5b6c9f0 to before 849b1664dbda1cf6c63e0fd4f9dec23782b8c851Affected
  • d9d736c416c9a85f84e15435ba82a177262e745bAffected
  • 6.14.2 to before 6.15Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.15Affected
  • before 6.15Not affected
  • 6.18.45 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.1.9 through 7.1.*Not affected
  • 7.2 and laterNot affected

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