CVE-2026-31429

net: skb: fix cross-cache free of KFENCE-allocated skb head

CVE-2026-31429 is fixed in 87 products on 1 platform, first by ALAS2023-2026-1695, released May 8, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
6.6
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0026
17th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: skb: fix cross-cache free of KFENCE-allocated skb head SKB_SMALL_HEAD_CACHE_SIZE is intentionally set to a non-power-of-2 value (e.g. 704 on x86_64) to avoid collisions with generic kmalloc bucket sizes. This ensures that skb_kfree_head() can reliably use skb_end_offset to distinguish skb heads allocated from skb_small_head_cache vs. generic kmalloc caches. However, when KFENCE is enabled, kfence_ksize() returns the exact requested allocation size instead of the slab bucket size. If a caller (e.g. bpf_test_init) allocates skb head data via kzalloc() and the requested size happens to equal SKB_SMALL_HEAD_CACHE_SIZE, then slab_build_skb() -> ksize() returns that exact value. After subtracting skb_shared_info overhead, skb_end_offset ends up matching SKB_SMALL_HEAD_HEADROOM, causing skb_kfree_head() to incorrectly free the object to skb_small_head_cache instead of back to the original kmalloc cache, resulting in a slab cross-cache free: kmem_cache_free(skbuff_small_head): Wrong slab cache. Expected skbuff_small_head but got kmalloc-1k Fix this by always calling kfree(head) in skb_kfree_head(). This keeps the free path generic and avoids allocator-specific misclassification for KFENCE objects.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
bpftool6.12 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1695 May 8, 2026
bpftool6.12-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1695 May 8, 2026
bpftool6.18 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1693 May 8, 2026
bpftool6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1693 May 8, 2026
dtb-aarch64 · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.36.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1 Jul 21, 2026
kernel-64kb · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.36.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1 Jul 21, 2026
kernel-64kb · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2722-1 Jul 1, 2026
kernel-64kb · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.36.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1 Jul 21, 2026
kernel-azure · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.36.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1 Jul 21, 2026
kernel-azure · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2722-1 Jul 1, 2026
kernel-azure · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.36.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1 Jul 21, 2026
kernel-default · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.36.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1 Jul 21, 2026
kernel-default · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2722-1 Jul 1, 2026
kernel-default · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.36.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1 Jul 21, 2026
kernel-default-base · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.36.1.160000.2.17 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1 Jul 21, 2026
kernel-default-base · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1.150700.17.37.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2722-1 Jul 1, 2026
kernel-default-base · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.36.1.160000.2.17 SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1 Jul 21, 2026
kernel-docs · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.36.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1 Jul 21, 2026
kernel-docs · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2722-1 Jul 1, 2026
kernel-docs · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.36.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1 Jul 21, 2026
kernel-kvmsmall · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.36.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1 Jul 21, 2026
kernel-kvmsmall · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.36.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1 Jul 21, 2026
kernel-livepatch-6.12.83-113.160 · amzn 2023 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1695 May 8, 2026
kernel-livepatch-6.18.25-55.108 · amzn 2023 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1693 May 8, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_17 · sles 15.7 1-150700.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2799-1 Jul 8, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_17 · sles 15.7 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2722-1 Jul 1, 2026
kernel-obs-build · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.36.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1 Jul 21, 2026
kernel-obs-build · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2722-1 Jul 1, 2026
kernel-obs-qa · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.36.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1 Jul 21, 2026
kernel-obs-qa · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.36.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1 Jul 21, 2026
kernel-rt · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.36.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1 Jul 21, 2026
kernel-source · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.36.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1 Jul 21, 2026
kernel-source · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2722-1 Jul 1, 2026
kernel-source · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.36.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1 Jul 21, 2026
kernel-syms · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.36.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1 Jul 21, 2026
kernel-syms · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2722-1 Jul 1, 2026
kernel-syms · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.36.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1 Jul 21, 2026
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kernel-uek-debug-modules-wireless · ol 10 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-50372 Jul 2, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-modules-wireless · ol 9 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-50372 Jul 2, 2026
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kernel-uek-doc · ol 9 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-50372 Jul 2, 2026
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kernel-uek-modules-extra-netfilter · ol 9 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-50372 Jul 2, 2026
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kernel-uek64k-modules-extra-netfilter · ol 10 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-50372 Jul 2, 2026
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kernel-uek64k-modules-wireless · ol 10 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-50372 Jul 2, 2026
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kernel-zfcpdump · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.36.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1 Jul 21, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1 SUSE-SU-2026:2722-1 Jul 1, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.36.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1 Jul 21, 2026
kernel6.12 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1695 May 8, 2026
kernel6.12-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1695 May 8, 2026
kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1695 May 8, 2026
kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1695 May 8, 2026
kernel6.12-devel · amzn 2023 1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1695 May 8, 2026
kernel6.12-headers · amzn 2023 1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1695 May 8, 2026
kernel6.12-modules-extra · amzn 2023 1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1695 May 8, 2026
kernel6.12-modules-extra-common · amzn 2023 1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1695 May 8, 2026
kernel6.12-tools · amzn 2023 1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1695 May 8, 2026
kernel6.12-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1695 May 8, 2026
kernel6.12-tools-devel · amzn 2023 1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1695 May 8, 2026
kernel6.18 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1693 May 8, 2026
kernel6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1693 May 8, 2026
kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1693 May 8, 2026
kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1693 May 8, 2026
kernel6.18-devel · amzn 2023 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1693 May 8, 2026
kernel6.18-headers · amzn 2023 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1693 May 8, 2026
kernel6.18-modules-extra · amzn 2023 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1693 May 8, 2026
kernel6.18-modules-extra-common · amzn 2023 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1693 May 8, 2026
kernel6.18-tools · amzn 2023 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1693 May 8, 2026
kernel6.18-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1693 May 8, 2026
kernel6.18-tools-devel · amzn 2023 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1693 May 8, 2026
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.85-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31429 May 15, 2026
linux · Debian 14 6.19.13-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31429 May 15, 2026
perf6.12 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1695 May 8, 2026
perf6.12-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1695 May 8, 2026
perf6.18 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1693 May 8, 2026
perf6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1693 May 8, 2026
python3-perf6.12 · amzn 2023 1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1695 May 8, 2026
python3-perf6.12-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.12.83-113.160.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1695 May 8, 2026
python3-perf6.18 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1693 May 8, 2026
python3-perf6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1693 May 8, 2026

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