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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xsk: tighten UMEM headroom validation to account for tailroom and min frame The current headroom validation in xdp_umem_reg() could leave us with insufficient space dedicated to even receive minimum-sized ethernet frame. Furthermore if multi-buffer would come to play then skb_shared_info stored at the end of XSK frame would be corrupted. HW typically works with 128-aligned sizes so let us provide this value as bare minimum. Multi-buffer setting is known later in the configuration process so besides accounting for 128 bytes, let us also take care of tailroom space upfront.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-01 | Published 2026-05-06 | Updated 2026-05-08 | Assigner Linux




HIGH: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Product status

Default status
unaffected

99e3a236dd43d06c65af0a2ef9cb44306aef6e02 (git) before a03975beb9f6af0d8ac051e30b2abeabe618414f
affected

99e3a236dd43d06c65af0a2ef9cb44306aef6e02 (git) before 0ec4d3f6e6934deb843b561ae048cd17218e5ad1
affected

99e3a236dd43d06c65af0a2ef9cb44306aef6e02 (git) before 9ea6ba4f3195dcba6e8b3e7b2e748593b7cafb12
affected

99e3a236dd43d06c65af0a2ef9cb44306aef6e02 (git) before 6523bc1b40e69301f24c14338b762af4739d6d39
affected

99e3a236dd43d06c65af0a2ef9cb44306aef6e02 (git) before a315e022a72d95ef5f1d4e58e903cb492b0ad931
affected

ad8fb61c184fe0f8d1e0b5b954d010fb9f94a6ee (git)
affected

25c9cdef57488578da21d99eb614b97ffcf6e59f (git)
affected

98d3c852e63b49129515dd18c875999efaf8530a (git)
affected

Default status
affected

5.7
affected

Any version before 5.7
unaffected

6.6.136 (semver)
unaffected

6.12.83 (semver)
unaffected

6.18.24 (semver)
unaffected

6.19.14 (semver)
unaffected

7.0 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/a03975beb9f6af0d8ac051e30b2abeabe618414f

git.kernel.org/...c/0ec4d3f6e6934deb843b561ae048cd17218e5ad1

git.kernel.org/...c/9ea6ba4f3195dcba6e8b3e7b2e748593b7cafb12

git.kernel.org/...c/6523bc1b40e69301f24c14338b762af4739d6d39

git.kernel.org/...c/a315e022a72d95ef5f1d4e58e903cb492b0ad931

cve.org (CVE-2026-43093)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-43093)

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