{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-22979", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-01-13T15:37:45.936Z", "datePublished": "2026-01-23T15:24:01.340Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-07-14T12:45:36.942Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-23T16:03:37.832Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: fix memory leak in skb_segment_list for GRO packets\n\nWhen skb_segment_list() is called during packet forwarding, it handles\npackets that were aggregated by the GRO engine.\n\nHistorically, the segmentation logic in skb_segment_list assumes that\nindividual segments are split from a parent SKB and may need to carry\ntheir own socket memory accounting. Accordingly, the code transfers\ntruesize from the parent to the newly created segments.\n\nPrior to commit ed4cccef64c1 (\"gro: fix ownership transfer\"), this\ntruesize subtraction in skb_segment_list() was valid because fragments\nstill carry a reference to the original socket.\n\nHowever, commit ed4cccef64c1 (\"gro: fix ownership transfer\") changed\nthis behavior by ensuring that fraglist entries are explicitly\norphaned (skb->sk = NULL) to prevent illegal orphaning later in the\nstack. This change meant that the entire socket memory charge remained\nwith the head SKB, but the corresponding accounting logic in\nskb_segment_list() was never updated.\n\nAs a result, the current code unconditionally adds each fragment's\ntruesize to delta_truesize and subtracts it from the parent SKB. Since\nthe fragments are no longer charged to the socket, this subtraction\nresults in an effective under-count of memory when the head is freed.\nThis causes sk_wmem_alloc to remain non-zero, preventing socket\ndestruction and leading to a persistent memory leak.\n\nThe leak can be observed via KMEMLEAK when tearing down the networking\nenvironment:\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff8881e6eb9100 (size 2048):\n comm \"ping\", pid 6720, jiffies 4295492526\n backtrace:\n kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x5c6/0x800\n sk_prot_alloc+0x5b/0x220\n sk_alloc+0x35/0xa00\n inet6_create.part.0+0x303/0x10d0\n __sock_create+0x248/0x640\n __sys_socket+0x11b/0x1d0\n\nSince skb_segment_list() is exclusively used for SKB_GSO_FRAGLIST\npackets constructed by GRO, the truesize adjustment is removed.\n\nThe call to skb_release_head_state() must be preserved. As documented in\ncommit cf673ed0e057 (\"net: fix fraglist segmentation reference count\nleak\"), it is still required to correctly drop references to SKB\nextensions that may be overwritten during __copy_skb_header()." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "net/core/skbuff.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "2eeab8c47c3c0276e0746bc382f405c9a236a5ad", "lessThan": "0b27828ebd1ed3107d7929c3737adbe862e99e74", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "fc126c1d51e9552eacd2d717b9ffe9262a8a4cd6", "lessThan": "88bea149db2057112af3aaf63534b24fab5858ab", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "ed4cccef64c1d0d5b91e69f7a8a6697c3a865486", "lessThan": "3264881431e308b9c72cb8a0159d57a56d67dd79", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "ed4cccef64c1d0d5b91e69f7a8a6697c3a865486", "lessThan": 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