Bug 2546391 (CVE-2026-98233) - CVE-2026-98233 kernel: net/packet: clear RX owner on VNET header error
Summary: CVE-2026-98233 kernel: net/packet: clear RX owner on VNET header error
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98233
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-10-06 09:12 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-09 15:53 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-06 09:12:51 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/packet: clear RX owner on VNET header error

Commit 61fad6816fc1 ("net/packet: tpacket_rcv: avoid a producer race
condition") added rx_owner_map and made tpacket_rcv() claim a V1 or V2
ring slot before converting the virtio-net header.  If the conversion
fails, the drop path leaves the slot claimed.

With a one-frame TPACKET_V2 ring, an unsupported UDP GSO packet leaves
the only slot unavailable, so the ring also drops the next valid packet.

Clear the ownership bit on this error path.  TPACKET_V3 already clears
its block state here.


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