CVE-2026-90049

net: skbuff: don't skb_tx_error() the source skb in skb_zerocopy()

CVE-2026-90049 is fixed in 92 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90049, released September 23, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
9.3
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0017
6th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: skbuff: don't skb_tx_error() the source skb in skb_zerocopy() skb_zerocopy() copies frags from @from into @to. On an skb_orphan_frags() failure it calls skb_tx_error(@from), a destructive operation on the source skb the copy helper does not own. That completes @from's zerocopy uarg and clears SKBFL_ALL_ZEROCOPY, including the SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG page-ownership marker. Both callers already report the failure on their own drop path. nfnetlink_queue does it at nla_put_failure, and Open vSwitch does it in the flow-miss drop arm of ovs_dp_process_packet(), so nothing is lost by dropping it here. On Open vSwitch's OVS_ACTION_ATTR_USERSPACE path the skb is not freed on this error: do_execute_actions() ignores output_userspace()'s return value and, unless the upcall was the last action, keeps forwarding the same skb through the flow's remaining actions. The uarg is completed while that skb is still in flight, telling the producer its buffers are free, and SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG is cleared on an skb the rest of the stack still handles. That flag is what makes esp_input() call skb_cow_data() instead of decrypting in place, so a later local ESP delivery can decrypt over frags the skb does not own privately. Leave error reporting to the callers.

Where it's fixed

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Linux
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bpftool-debuginfo · amzn 2023 1:6.1.188-233.385.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3197 Nov 7, 2026
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kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 1:6.1.188-233.385.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3197 Nov 7, 2026
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kernel6.18-devel · amzn 2023 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3187 Nov 7, 2026
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linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.190-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90049 Sep 23, 2026
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.111-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90049 Sep 23, 2026
linux · Debian 14 7.2.6-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90049 Sep 23, 2026
linux-6.12 · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90049 Sep 23, 2026
microvm-kernel6.18 · amzn 2023 1:6.18.51-120.162.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-3187 Nov 7, 2026
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