CVE-2026-98804 in Linuxinformation

Résumé

par MITRE • 18/10/2026

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

net: page_pool: fix use-after-free in page_pool_recycle_ring_bulk()

With CONFIG_PAGE_POOL_STATS=y, page_pool_recycle_ring_bulk() updates the recycle stats after dropping the producer lock. If it just recycled the last inflight netmems of a pool being destroyed, page_pool_release() can pass its producer-lock barrier and free the pool before recycle_stat_add() runs.

Commit fcc680a647ba7 ("page_pool: allow mixing PPs within one bulk") moved this stat update after the unlock. Commit 271683bb2cf32 ("page_pool: Fix use-after-free in page_pool_recycle_in_ring") later added the barrier, but only fixed page_pool_recycle_in_ring(). Move the update back under the lock.

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Responsable

Linux

Réserver

25/09/2026

Divulgation

18/10/2026

Modérer

accepté

Entrée

VDB-422034

EPSS

0.00000

KEV

non

Activités

très faible

Sources

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