Bug 2460653 (CVE-2026-31518) - CVE-2026-31518 kernel: esp: fix skb leak with espintcp and async crypto
Summary: CVE-2026-31518 kernel: esp: fix skb leak with espintcp and async crypto
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-31518
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-04-22 15:03 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-04-22 20:11 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-04-22 15:03:17 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

esp: fix skb leak with espintcp and async crypto

When the TX queue for espintcp is full, esp_output_tail_tcp will
return an error and not free the skb, because with synchronous crypto,
the common xfrm output code will drop the packet for us.

With async crypto (esp_output_done), we need to drop the skb when
esp_output_tail_tcp returns an error.


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