{"cve":"CVE-2026-46321","nvd":{"published":"2026-06-09T13:16:37.473","modified":"2026-10-15T02:19:53.553","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntun: free page on short-frame rejection in tun_xdp_one()\n\ntun_xdp_one() returns -EINVAL on a frame shorter than ETH_HLEN without\nfreeing the page that vhost_net_build_xdp() allocated for it.\ntun_sendmsg() discards that -EINVAL and still returns total_len, so\nvhost_tx_batch() takes the success path and never frees the page; each\nshort frame in a batch leaks one page-frag chunk.\n\nA local process that can open /dev/net/tun and /dev/vhost-net can hit\nthis path: it attaches a tun/tap device as the vhost-net backend and\nfeeds TX descriptors whose length minus the virtio-net header is below\nETH_HLEN. Each kick leaks the page-frag chunks for that batch, and a\ntight submission loop exhausts host memory and triggers an OOM panic.\nFree the page before returning -EINVAL, matching the XDP-program error\npath in the same function.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.1},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a6f46a9332ad6958992d64d3b3a81a80b2ca940","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e8211fcf9426f5adddf32516ba0f400ceb9544d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37a1c268c2c8090bf4dc552d732bd23ba36f8eb0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b34f9e4fe2f203724a6e893d6df0316b9670057","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69863ff2720a0e9871f1a5710f2a33a94217fee0"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:38:48.522727527+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-46321","score":0.00133,"percentile":0.02815,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}