openvswitch: only skb_tx_error() a packet we are about to drop (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.13 % · percentile 3 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Received
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: openvswitch: only skb_tx_error() a packet we are about to drop queue_userspace_packet() borrows the packet skb -- it only copies it into a private netlink message (user_skb) and does not own it; on return do_execute_actions() keeps forwarding it through the flow's remaining actions. Its error path nevertheless calls skb_tx_error(skb), which via skb_zcopy_clear() does skb_shinfo(skb)->flags &= ~SKBFL_ALL_ZEROCOPY, stripping SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG from that live skb (skb_tx_error()'s kerneldoc says "skb must be freed afterwards"). For a MSG_ZEROCOPY skb carrying page-cache frags, SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG is what makes esp_input() skb_cow_data() before in-place AEAD; once it is stripped a later local ESP-in-UDP delivery decrypts in place over pages the sender does not own -- an unprivileged page-cache write (the "Fragnesia" primitive). do_execute_actions() ignores output_userspace()'s return value, so any action after a failed USERSPACE upcall inherits the stripped skb. Move the skb_tx_error() to the flow-miss drop path - the "default" branch of ovs_dp_process_packet()'s switch(error), before kfree_skb(). The call has been here since commit 36d5fe6a0007 ("core, nfqueue, openvswitch: Orphan frags in skb_zerocopy and handle errors") but was harmless until esp_input() began relying on SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG to gate in-place decrypt; only then did stripping it on a still-forwarded skb become a page-cache write primitive.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5de5d554141a15b3f1f5c978fd9f7f4fd6d0600a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48db11e115d1b232edc5591604adc6eda95cd545
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4477222e2916a18e273edc139c955ade6bbb7a69
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d5c460ef8754be1d43b16dbf02695b008b207d6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6767d70cf46f65807a6a4c4406a518e6c12e36ae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e41a59fc056f63a7a1f42788913c53cc48d744aa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d85eef222cfd28e73deed7402c100229e8b9e6e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dbc2398fca3bb33eda963849f865ddb1b3aa05e
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-76393
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-89487
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1375 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1289 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1253 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 36d5fe6a000790f56039afe26834265db0a3ad4c < 5de5d554141a15b3f1f5c978fd9f7f4fd6d0600a ; affected 36d5fe6a000790f56039afe26834265db0a3ad4c < 48db11e115d1b232edc5591604adc6eda95cd545 ; affected 36d5fe6a000790f56039afe26834265db0a3ad4c < 4477222e2916a18e273edc139c955ade6bbb7a69 ; affected 36d5fe6a000790f56039afe26834265db0a3ad4c < 4d5c460ef8754be1d43b16dbf02695b008b207d6 ; affected 36d5fe6a000790f56039afe26834265db0a3ad4c < 6767d70cf46f65807a6a4c4406a518e6c12e36ae ; affected 36d5fe6a000790f56039afe26834265db0a3ad4c < e41a59fc056f63a7a1f42788913c53cc48d744aa |
| Linux · Linux | affected 3.14 ; unaffected 0 < 3.14 ; unaffected 5.10.270 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.221 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.188 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.157 ≤ 6.6.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |