CVE-2026-80613

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: veth: fix NAPI leak in XDP enable error path During XDP enablement in veth, if xdp_rxq_info_reg() or xdp_rxq_info_reg_mem_model() fails, the driver rolls back the changes. However, the rollback loop: for (i--; i >= start; i--) { decrements the loop index 'i' before the first iteration. This correctly skips unregistering the rxq for the failed index 'i' (as registration failed or was already cleaned up), but it also erroneously skips calling netif_napi_deli() for rq[i].xdp_napi. Since netif_napi_add() was already called for index 'i', this leaves a dangling napi_struct in the device's napi_list. When the veth device is later destroyed, the freed queue memory (which contains the leaked NAPI structure) can be reused. The subsequent device teardown iterates the NAPI list and corrupts the reallocated memory, leading to UAF. Fix this by explicitly deleting the NAPI association for the failed index 'i' before rolling back the successfully configured queues.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedAug 28, 2026
First seenAug 28, 2026

How to fix

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  • Linux Linuxfc51373345e7e6ea73da2650cb497309c50b077a, 4559770b2a241344d762719e674241fcc8528f02, 83090f5e7b54721d71875a6c224d2490b9e73050, d3eb258ad398cc9402bab3a5e730cd7c5b34efad, a9e6707322ef215d39d4655b176c094f45f0ab52, 4bd2e5dbe62334aae1182d0f0d260f334a49d739, 6739027cb72da26890edd424c77080d187b2a92e or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linuxb02e5a0ebb172c8276cea3151942aac681f7a4a6 ≤ v < fc51373345e7e6ea73da2650cb497309c50b077a, b02e5a0ebb172c8276cea3151942aac681f7a4a6 ≤ v < 4559770b2a241344d762719e674241fcc8528f02, b02e5a0ebb172c8276cea3151942aac681f7a4a6 ≤ v < 83090f5e7b54721d71875a6c224d2490b9e73050, b02e5a0ebb172c8276cea3151942aac681f7a4a6 ≤ v < d3eb258ad398cc9402bab3a5e730cd7c5b34efad, b02e5a0ebb172c8276cea3151942aac681f7a4a6 ≤ v < a9e6707322ef215d39d4655b176c094f45f0ab52, b02e5a0ebb172c8276cea3151942aac681f7a4a6 ≤ v < 4bd2e5dbe62334aae1182d0f0d260f334a49d739, b02e5a0ebb172c8276cea3151942aac681f7a4a6 ≤ v < 6739027cb72da26890edd424c77080d187b2a92e, 5.11fc51373345e7e6ea73da2650cb497309c50b077a, 4559770b2a241344d762719e674241fcc8528f02, 83090f5e7b54721d71875a6c224d2490b9e73050, d3eb258ad398cc9402bab3a5e730cd7c5b34efad, a9e6707322ef215d39d4655b176c094f45f0ab52, 4bd2e5dbe62334aae1182d0f0d260f334a49d739, 6739027cb72da26890edd424c77080d187b2a92e

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