CVE-2026-74707 PUBLISHED

xsk: validate metadata when processing requests

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 15.08.2026 Published: 22.08.2026 Updated: 22.08.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from ca4419f15abd19ba8be1e109661b60f9f5b6c9f0 to 5fd121971912dee2f5af1efec64462ac722deb17 (excl.)
  • affected from ca4419f15abd19ba8be1e109661b60f9f5b6c9f0 to 0cc7aa6e0d19027fdd42e6fbd156267ac1e3bbba (excl.)
  • affected from ca4419f15abd19ba8be1e109661b60f9f5b6c9f0 to 849b1664dbda1cf6c63e0fd4f9dec23782b8c851 (excl.)
  • Version d9d736c416c9a85f84e15435ba82a177262e745b is affected
  • affected from 6.14.2 to 6.15 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.15 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.15 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.45 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.9 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2 to * (incl.)

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