xsk: fix NULL pointer dereference in __xsk_rcv()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xsk: fix NULL pointer dereference in __xsk_rcv() In the __xsk_rcv() multi-buffer path, xsk_buff_alloc() is called in a loop without checking its return value. xsk_buff_can_alloc() only counts fill queue entries without validating their addresses, so it can succeed while xsk_buff_alloc() rejects all remaining entries and returns NULL. Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000 KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007] RIP: 0010:__xsk_rcv+0x426/0xc20 (net/xdp/xsk.c:350) Call Trace: xsk_generic_rcv+0x26d/0x5f0 xdp_do_generic_redirect+0x3c5/0xcf0 do_xdp_generic+0x92f/0xe70 __netif_receive_skb_core.constprop.0+0xf7e/0x2b30 Fix this with a two-stage transaction. First allocate and stage all buffers required for the packet, recycling all staged buffers with xsk_buff_free() if any allocation fails. Only after this stage succeeds, copy the data, reserve the RX descriptors, and release the buffers in an error-free loop.

Timeline

1. Sep 17, 2026, 4:06 PM UTCCVE published
2. Oct 19, 2026, 8:58 AM UTCRecord last updated

Affected versions

• Linux Linux

  From 804627751b4281dd95148e7564759145da67855e · fixed in aaebce297efc3e3dccb98a6ff838cfaa47db08db; From 804627751b4281dd95148e7564759145da67855e · fixed in 60d7d3559ce66e227e195e9463cdfed8077c8659; From 804627751b4281dd95148e7564759145da67855e · fixed in 214fb79b0379cb0214905632a2537c0c33f594eb; From 804627751b4281dd95148e7564759145da67855e · fixed in 8341bd3ff126d85bc8c4ed52eedcaa5b1a65f194; From 804627751b4281dd95148e7564759145da67855e · fixed in e37b2abca80473e106176e41712a369fd2f72117

• Linux Linux

  6.6

• KernelLinux

  From 6.6.0 · fixed in 6.6.157; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.12.110; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.18.52; From 6.19.0 · fixed in 7.2.6

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