{"cve":"CVE-2026-98131","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-25T11:17:44.500","modified":"2026-10-21T13:21:23.907","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: stmmac: fix dma mapping leak in stmmac_tso_xmit()\n\nIn stmmac_tso_xmit(), if the DMA mapping of an skb fragment fails, the\nframe is dropped but the DMA mappings already created for the linear\npart and for the fragments mapped before the failure are never\nunmapped, leaking DMA mappings.\n\nFix the leak by walking back over the descriptors used by the frame and\nreleasing each of them with stmmac_free_tx_buffer(). Moreover, release\nthe descriptors with stmmac_release_tx_desc() unmapping the DMA buffers.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a3257f142ae513d0c96d42f97386d4941bcec29","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5d946466a95621fa2769720d59ea336003aa1a5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5449b635362cb678d29d8f6ab54e65734d891ce","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e85adaac3dc6317cae902372c6849189ec62cf7d"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-22T16:41:11.231219466+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98131","score":0.00122,"percentile":0.01964,"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."]}