{"cve":"CVE-2026-93105","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-17T17:18:04.847","modified":"2026-10-21T13:20:59.707","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nesp: do not unref managed frag pages in esp_ssg_unref()\n\nesp_ssg_unref() releases the page references held on the source\nscatterlist after the AEAD operation completes.  It calls\nskb_page_unref() on every frag page for an out-of-place transform\n(req->src != req->dst), and in the error path of esp_output_tail()\n(already_unref == true) on the request's own scatterlist.\n\nThis is wrong when the skb carries managed frags\n(SKBFL_MANAGED_FRAG_REFS).  Managed frags are owned by a zerocopy ubuf\nand the skb does not hold a per-frag page reference; io_uring SEND_ZC\nwith a registered buffer attaches the bvec pages this way via\nio_sg_from_iter().  The rest of the stack honours this invariant:\nskb_release_data() skips the per-frag unref when SKBFL_MANAGED_FRAG_REFS\nis set, and skb_zcopy_managed() is the guard used at the other unref\nsites.\n\nesp_ssg_unref() is missing that guard, so for a managed-frag skb it\ndrops a page reference the skb never acquired.  This can underflow the\npage reference count and free a page that is still in use.\n\nGuard the function with skb_zcopy_managed() so both unref paths are\nskipped for managed-frag skbs, matching skb_release_data().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ad6456898f6e6cf58be83bdb607acb1119a9cd1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/201bdf10ae92e7cbd524adf8c0323e2a963d5fd7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21697720ff43b8dfa25b8e8d9ca7f56f4597fc80","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26b6b14c7a0368e317a1e9fb5144ebe6f8d495cf","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ec55f0c8a6a543cf660584d1346e11f6311ee59"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-22T16:41:11.231219466+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-93105","score":0.00175,"percentile":0.0696,"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."]}