{"cve":"CVE-2026-98571","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-18T16:17:09.363","modified":"2026-10-19T10:19:15.207","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: stmmac: clear stale buf->page after recycling on skb build failure\n\nIn stmmac_rx(), when napi_build_skb() fails the descriptor page is\nrecycled back to the page pool with page_pool_recycle_direct(), but\nbuf->page is left pointing at the recycled page, unlike every other\nconsumption site in the function which clears the pointer after handing\nthe page away.\n\nWith the stale pointer stmmac_rx_refill() skips the replacement\nallocation and programs the already-recycled page back into the RX\ndescriptor.\n\nClear buf->page on the napi_build_skb() failure path to keep the buffer\nlifecycle consistent with the other consumption sites.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a7822e34a0bfde31b194ac3da3253e5032b44cc","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/298673397ea3f6f5811b84f0d9f71eac71dda2e3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/501baaeca7d128fa0a2f6953cf5873c5b0d7cf89"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T23:00:53.604569364+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98571","score":0.00198,"percentile":0.09482,"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."]}