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        "cveId": "CVE-2026-98233",
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        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2026-09-25T10:25:14.328Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-10-06T08:45:06.533Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T09:16:05.070Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/packet: clear RX owner on VNET header error\n\nCommit 61fad6816fc1 (\"net/packet: tpacket_rcv: avoid a producer race\ncondition\") added rx_owner_map and made tpacket_rcv() claim a V1 or V2\nring slot before converting the virtio-net header.  If the conversion\nfails, the drop path leaves the slot claimed.\n\nWith a one-frame TPACKET_V2 ring, an unsupported UDP GSO packet leaves\nthe only slot unavailable, so the ring also drops the next valid packet.\n\nClear the ownership bit on this error path.  TPACKET_V3 already clears\nits block state here."
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