Linux Kernel up to 6.19.9/7.0-rc4 emac_run_xdp memory leak

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.19.9/7.0-rc4. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is the function emac_run_xdp. The manipulation results in memory leak. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-23453. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.19.9/7.0-rc4. Affected is the function emac_run_xdp. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ti: icssg-prueth: Fix memory leak in XDP_DROP for non-zero-copy mode Page recycling was removed from the XDP_DROP path in emac_run_xdp() to avoid conflicts with AF_XDP zero-copy mode, which uses xsk_buff_free() instead. However, this causes a memory leak when running XDP programs that drop packets in non-zero-copy mode (standard page pool mode). The pages are never returned to the page pool, leading to OOM conditions. Fix this by handling cleanup in the caller, emac_rx_packet(). When emac_run_xdp() returns ICSSG_XDP_CONSUMED for XDP_DROP, the caller now recycles the page back to the page pool. The zero-copy path, emac_rx_packet_zc() already handles cleanup correctly with xsk_buff_free().

The advisory is available at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-23453 since 01/13/2026. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 6.19.10 or 7.0-rc5 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch d16d57dedcb69c1a1257e0638f8698ce1f0ccbe5/719d3e71691db7c4f1658ba5a6d1472928121594 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.19.0
• 6.19.1
• 6.19.2
• 6.19.3
• 6.19.4
• 6.19.5
• 6.19.6
• 6.19.7
• 6.19.8
• 6.19.9
• 7.0-rc1
• 7.0-rc2
• 7.0-rc3
• 7.0-rc4

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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